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‘How do we get there?’ State reps weigh transit rescue options ahead of fall veto sessionAug 20, 2025 6:05 pm - Could an event fee save transit? State representatives hammering out a fix at upcoming meetings.
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Naperville City Council seeks to renegotiate terms of proposed electricity contractAug 20, 2025 5:55 pm - Naperville City Council members Tuesday signaled support for a 20-year contract extension with the agency that supplies electricity to the city as long as certain conditions are met.
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Mount Prospect police promote four to new postsAug 20, 2025 5:39 pm - It was the beginning of a new chapter for four Mount Prospect police officers, who were officially promoted at Tuesday’s village board meeting. But for one of them, Anthony Lietzow, it was a chance to rewrite a chapter that had taken a wrong turn.
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Librarian of the Year award a career capstone for Downers Grove’s Milavec
Aug 20, 2025 4:22 pm - Longtime Downers Grove Public Library director Julie Milavec was named Illinois Librarian of the Year, recognized for her leadership with revitalizing the Downers Grove Public Library Foundation and overseeing two partial renovations.
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Hurricane Erin picking up steam as it edges along the East Coast
Aug 20, 2025 3:42 pm - RODANTHE, N.C. — Hurricane Erin began strengthening again Wednesday as it crept closer to the mid-Atlantic coast, its outer bands brushing North Carolina’s Outer Banks as...
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Federal Reserve official says she won’t be ‘bullied’ by Trump into resigning
Aug 20, 2025 3:37 pm - WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump on Wednesday called on Federal Reserve governor Lisa Cook to resign after a member of his administration accused Cook of committing mo...
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Texas can't put the Ten Commandments in certain school districts' classrooms, judge says
Aug 20, 2025 3:31 pm - Texas cannot require public schools in Houston, Austin and other select districts to display the Ten Commandments in every classroom, a judge said Wednesday in a temporar...
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Authorities: Man led police on high-speed chase in stolen vehicleAug 20, 2025 3:28 pm - A Chicago man is accused of fleeing Villa Park police in a stolen vehicle, then hiding in a garbage bin.
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Judge denies Justice Department request to unseal Epstein grand jury transcripts
Aug 20, 2025 3:27 pm - NEW YORK — A federal judge who presided over the sex trafficking case against financier Jeffrey Epstein has joined two other judges in rejecting the government’s request ...
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‘I am Team Naperville’: Allison Longenbaugh stepping down from city councilAug 20, 2025 3:23 pm - In what she called a “gut-wrenching decision,” Naperville City Councilwoman Allison Longenbaugh will step down from her seat after more than two years in the role.