DuPage County
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Navigating ins, outs of flood insuranceAug 23, 2007 11:00 pm - Standing in front of a waterline in your basement, flood damage may seem like an insurmountable problem. But Federal Emergency Management Agency officials say those who ...
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Is transit system running on empty?Aug 23, 2007 11:00 pm - Two transit officials - one the former state treasurer - are challenging the purported size of Metra's budget shortfall as the agency pushes for a quarter-cent sales tax...
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RTA: Cuts, fare hikes imminentAug 23, 2007 11:00 pm - Metra, Pace and CTA officials drew a budget line in the sand Thursday. After pressing for nearly a year for tax hikes to fill a collective $240 million budget hole, tra...
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Governor declares 4-county disaster areaAug 23, 2007 11:00 pm - Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich today declared Cook, Lake, Kane and McHenry counties to be state disaster areas. The governor toured the floodwaters of the Des Plaines Riv...
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Projects facing the ax in state budgetAug 23, 2007 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- Millions of dollars for everything from a Sicilian delegation's suburban visit to new police cars were stricken from the state budget Thursday by Gov. Rod...
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District 89 looking at new tax increaseAug 23, 2007 11:00 pm - Glen Ellyn Elementary District 89 officials are trying to pin down specifics on a possible tax rate increase next February. They are looking at borrowing money to replac...
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By next summer, Bartlett will be a little quieterAug 23, 2007 11:00 pm - The piercing whistles of the 4:26 a.m. train greet Bartlett's tired and weary every weekday like clockwork. Sometime next year, the horns will be hushed. That's because ...
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Ditka mixes charity work with criticismAug 23, 2007 11:00 pm - Former Bears coach Mike Ditka brought together his charity work and harsh criticism of the NFL on Thursday, announcing a golf tourney in Long Grove and autograph show in...
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Two churches unite Sunday for outdoor worshipAug 23, 2007 11:00 pm - Logan Street Baptist Church and Batavia United Methodist Church will have their fifth annual joint outdoor service at 10 a.m. Sunday at the Peg Bond Center, just north o...
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Dist. 34: State broke grant promiseAug 23, 2007 11:00 pm - Apparently the only thing Winfield school board members can do for now about their long-promised but never-received state construction grant is fume. "It's a betrayal of...