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‘A good man’: Services set for former Libertyville police Chief Dan McCormickFeb 19, 2025 7:52 pm - As a police officer, Dan McCormick sometimes dealt with the worst elements in town. But you would never know it, say those who knew him. McCormick died Saturday. He was 90.
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Pritzker calls $55.2B budget ‘responsible and balanced’ – but warns Trump policies could upend it
Feb 19, 2025 7:05 pm - SPRINGFIELD — An improved revenue forecast is helping ease pressure on state finances as Gov. JB Pritzker calls for tightened spending to balance the budget without tax ...
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Winter-weary East Coast hit with another storm as temperatures plunge elsewhere
Feb 19, 2025 6:09 pm - NORFOLK, Va. — Officials urged people to stay off the roads Wednesday in portions of Virginia and North Carolina where a storm dropped heavy snow and caused hundreds of a...
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Transit funding crisis on Pritzker’s radar but not budget proposalFeb 19, 2025 5:55 pm - RTA warns time is running out on fixing $771 million shortfall with service cuts looming. But Gov. JB Pritzker didn’t announce a proposal for dealing with the “fiscal cliff” in his budget address Wednesday.
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Starry, solid ‘Betrayal’: Go for the celebs, stay for one of Chicago’s ownFeb 19, 2025 5:41 pm - Goodman Theatre’s twice-extended “Betrayal” is one hot ticket. No surprise there considering its cast: Oscar- and Emmy Award-winner Helen Hunt, Tony Award-winner Robert Sean Leonard and Chicago’s own Ian Barford.
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League of Women Voters to host candidate forum in Sugar GroveFeb 19, 2025 5:29 pm - On Monday, Feb. 24, the League of Women Voters of Central Kane County is hosting a five-part candidate forum in Sugar Grove for candidates running in contested races for various local offices.
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‘It is a black hole in our downtown area’: Mount Prospect moving ahead with buying former Chase Bank buildingFeb 19, 2025 5:20 pm - Mount Prospect trustees voted for the village to move ahead with the $5 million purchase of the former Chase Bank building.
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‘The right person for the job’: Mundelein districts 75, 120 select superintendent to leadFeb 19, 2025 5:18 pm - Two Mundelein school districts working in tandem have hired a new superintendent to continue a shared-services model adopted in 2019.
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Schaumburg leaders finalizing new village hall design details ahead of June construction startFeb 19, 2025 5:18 pm - Just two months before its predecessor is demolished, Schaumburg officials are wrapping up the design details of the community’s first new village hall in more than half a century.
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Restraining order sought to block 26th Senate appointment amid legal fightFeb 19, 2025 5:16 pm - A request for a temporary restraining order seeking to prevent Barrington Hills Trustee Darby Hills from being sworn in as the next state senator for the 26th District was filed Wednesday.