Kendall County
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GOP takes over, new Illinois Congressmen step upJan 04, 2011 10:00 pm - A chesslike Republican strategy is in the works, with the suburbs serving as key turf in advancing the party's power legislatively and politically on a national scale. M...
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State ethics chief could oversee RTA, Metra, PaceJan 04, 2011 10:00 pm - A plan to make the state's top ethics officer the new watchdog over all of Chicago-area mass transit got a boost Wednesday from approval from the full House. Rep. Jack F...
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Gambling legislation changes to try to help existing casinosJan 04, 2011 10:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD — Thanks in part to suburban Republican support, a plan to allow for slot machines at Arlington Park and five new Illinois casinos cleared a preliminary hurd...
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New suburban Congressmen start work todayJan 04, 2011 10:00 pm - As the new Congress gets ready to start work today, freshman lawmakers from the West and Northwest suburbs will be among those taking on the job for the first time. Cong...
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State government could control transit agency oversightJan 03, 2011 10:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD — A state House committee Tuesday unanimously supported legislation that would give the Illinois executive inspector general authority to oversee the Regiona...
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Death penalty supporters ask lawmakers to think of victims' familiesJan 03, 2011 10:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD — With a vote over the death penalty in Illinois possibly looming in the coming days, supporters of capital punishment Tuesday sought to bring victims' famil...
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Suburban transportation, education, population to change by 2020Jan 03, 2011 10:00 pm - From the introduction of lifestyle centers that changed the way we shop, to a plethora of downtown makeovers that altered how we live and an election that brought the po...
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Kirk supports added borrowing, coupled with reformsJan 03, 2011 10:00 pm - Sen. Mark Kirk said he supports short term borrowing if — and only if — several spending reforms are put into place. At a news conference at his new Senate office in Chi...
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New suburban congressmen get to workJan 01, 2011 10:00 pm - Suits pressed, briefcases in hand, four freshman lawmakers will arrive for their first day on the job at 2 E. Capitol St. in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday. The four Ill...
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Low-income seniors to get housing help under Biggert's billDec 31, 2010 10:00 pm - Legislation that will provide more suburban low-income seniors with affordable housing options has passed both houses of Congress. Co-sponsored by Hinsdale Rep. Judy Big...