Lake County
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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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Lake County chairman declares state of emergencyAug 23, 2007 11:00 pm - Lake County Board Chairwoman Suzi Schmidt has declared Lake County is in a state of emergency and disaster. By itself, the declaration has no real impact. But it paves t...
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Fluke front is to blame for all this rainAug 23, 2007 11:00 pm - Will it ever stop raining? State climatologists and meteorologists say yes, but just not right now. Experts say that's because the heavy August rainfall on northern Il...
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We might be in time, Gurnee mayor saysAug 23, 2007 11:00 pm - Gurnee Mayor Kristina Kovarik said today that the massive volunteer effort to sandbag homes and businesses along the Des Plaines River may save the village from terrible...
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Parolee is living proof of the power of faithAug 23, 2007 11:00 pm - The Lake County sheriff's office was a revival tent Tuesday for a demonstration on how the power of faith can transform men and institutions. The focus was Eugene Tannie...
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Gurnee getting ready for the floodAug 23, 2007 11:00 pm - Whirring front-end loaders, sweating volunteers and piles of sand were part of a flood-prevention effort launched Thursday in Gurnee. It's not a question of whether the ...
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Six hurt in last night's fire at Lake County juvenile centerAug 23, 2007 11:00 pm - Six people were injured in a fire at Lake County's juvenile detention facility near Vernon Hills yesterday. None was hurt badly, authorities said today. The victims were...