Local Politics
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Are term limits good for the suburbs?Jan 13, 2013 10:00 pm - While Arlington Heights residents may get to vote in April on whether village officials should be limited to two terms, officials in other Northwest suburbs that already...
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New hearing set for Des Plaines candidates facing objectionsJan 11, 2013 3:00 pm - The Des Plaines electoral board determined Friday that any decision involving the validity of signatures on the candidate petitions of mayoral hopeful Mark Walsten and 5...
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Race for Antioch trustee gets tighter with removal of one candidateJan 11, 2013 2:45 pm - The race for village trustee in Antioch will be less crowded following a successful challenge to the petitions of one of the candidates. Jeannine Bandemer, who was going...
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Objection filed against Arlington Heights term limits petitionJan 11, 2013 9:51 am - An objection has been filed to the petition calling for Arlington Heights to place a binding referendum on the April ballot that could impose term limits for elected vil...
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Geneva Twp. clerk candidate bumped from ballot after challengeJan 10, 2013 9:57 pm - Geoffrey Carreiro of Geneva says he will run as a write-in for Geneva Township clerk after an electoral board removed him from the ballot Thursday. The township electora...
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Bensenville mayor, allies face ballot challengeJan 10, 2013 4:31 pm - Members of a political slate in Bensenville, including Village President Frank Soto, could be kicked off the April 9 ballot on Friday if an electoral board agrees with o...
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Barrington opposition slate declared invalid for spring ballotJan 10, 2013 2:00 pm - Trustee hopefuls filed statements of economic interest after deadline
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Des Plaines electoral board hearing setJan 09, 2013 3:26 pm - The Des Plaines Electoral Board will meet at 10 a.m. Friday, Jan. 11, to hear objections to the nomination petitions of mayoral candidate Mark Walsten and aldermanic can...
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New Kane judges bring work ethic, wide experienceJan 09, 2013 11:03 am - Two lawyers with more than 30 years of experience in the Kane County state’s attorney’s office recently were appointed as associate judges in the 16th Judicial Circuit. ...
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Trustee hopeful Dawn Abernathy to stay on Mundelein ballotJan 09, 2013 8:46 am - A Mundelein woman making her first bid for public office will be allowed to stay in the race for village trustee, a three-member electoral board has decided. Dawn Aberna...