Local Politics
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St. Charles mayoral candidates talk video gambling optionsApr 03, 2013 2:16 pm - Under the right circumstances, video gambling could become a new tax generator in St. Charles, according to the four mayoral candidates. But they don’t all agree on just...
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Pat Horcher: Bringing business to Wheeling is close to his heartApr 03, 2013 2:00 pm - Not many candidates for office in Wheeling can say they live and work on a farm — on McHenry Road across from the Walmart, no less — but Pat Horcher does. Horcher, a can...
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Warrenville council candidate backs former opponentApr 03, 2013 1:36 pm - A candidate in Warrenville’s Ward 4 aldermanic race has suspended his campaign and now is endorsing one of the two remaining hopefuls. Thomas Sherlock’s name still will ...
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Hoffman Estates candidate defends use of village health insuranceApr 03, 2013 10:00 am - Hoffman Estates mayoral candidate Ray Kincaid has willingly acknowledged that he uses the health insurance offered to him through the village after a resident made note ...
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Find your sample ballot, polling places for Tuesday's electionApr 03, 2013 10:00 am - There's a solution available for voters who see the hundreds of campaign signs planted in yards around the suburbs but might not know who they can vote for in the local ...
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Drake: Campaign for Arlington Heights leader is 'about the future'Apr 03, 2013 9:00 am - Editor's note: This is the last of three profiles of the men running for Arlington Heights village president. This profile, plus the ones of Tom Hayes and Mark Hellner, ...
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Mayoral candidate lives, breathes and bleeds Hoffman EstatesApr 03, 2013 9:00 am - Editor’s note: This is one in a series of profiles of mayoral candidates in the Northwest suburbs. Hoffman Estates is number one in Bill McLeod’s life. “I live and breat...
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Dist. 15 candidates share views on bus outsourcing at forumApr 03, 2013 5:30 am - Nine candidates faced nine questions — some more controversial than others — at a forum Tuesday for the Palatine Township Elementary District 15 board race. In front of ...
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CLC candidates discuss tuition and fee increasesApr 03, 2013 5:15 am - College of Lake County trustee candidates have staked out positions on student tuition and fee increases, with one of them suggesting a property tax increase may be the ...
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Candidates Night shed light on plansApr 03, 2013 5:00 am - Save Buffalo Grove is a grass-roots group of citizens concerned about the proposed plan for a downtown Buffalo Grove. On March 7, our group held Candidate's Night with t...