Local Politics
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All six E. Dundee candidates still in the raceJan 02, 2011 10:00 pm - Three East Dundee trustee candidates successfully defended their election petitions in three hours of arguments before the village's electoral board Monday night. The e...
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Challenge filed to Arlington Hts. trusteesJan 02, 2011 10:00 pm - Challenges to the candidacies of two Arlington Heights trustees running for re-election, will be heard at 10 a.m. Friday in village hall. Keith Moens, who ran unsuccess...
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Des Plaines hearing on objections continuedJan 02, 2011 10:00 pm - A hearing on objections filed to the candidacies of three 6th Ward aldermanic hopefuls in Des Plaines has been continued until Wednesday. The three-member Des Plaines E...
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Barrington candidates seek continued improvementsJan 01, 2011 10:00 pm - Though Barrington certainly has endured more intensively political times, the ongoing issues of downtown redevelopment, pending legal action against Canadian National Ra...
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Braun campaigns for Chicago mayor at churchJan 01, 2011 10:00 pm - CHICAGO — Chicago mayoral candidate and former U.S. Sen. Carol Moseley Braun has appeared at a church on the city's South Side. On Sunday, Braun spoke at former opponent...
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A look ahead to the Fox Valley's 2011Jan 01, 2011 10:00 pm - Last year, the headlines were dominated by the still-slumping economy and statewide elections. The economy will continue to loom large, with school districts and municip...
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Braun's race for mayor now gets more attentionDec 31, 2010 10:00 pm - Former U.S. Sen. Carol Moseley Braun has become the "consensus" black candidate in Chicago's mayoral race that some of the city's most powerful African-American leaders ...
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Prospect Heights hopefuls challenging one another's candidaciesDec 30, 2010 10:00 pm - Prospect Heights mayoral hopeful Nicholas Helmer is challenging the candidacy of one of his opponents, while incumbent Alderman Richard Hamen and his opponent filed cros...
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Challenger moves to kick senior trustee off Deer Park ballotDec 29, 2010 10:00 pm - A Deer Park village trustee candidate has filed two objections against the nominating papers of incumbent David Kizior, a move aimed at removing the village board's seni...
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West Chicago woman seeking two elected postsDec 29, 2010 10:00 pm - Donna M. May wants to shake things up in West Chicago, so she's running for not one, but two offices in the April 5 municipal elections. May, 58, is challenging incumben...