Local Politics
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McHenry Co. judge candidate shows birth certificate; challenge droppedJul 12, 2010 11:00 pm - A Barrington Hills woman who is opposed to the candidacy of dozens of political hopefuls - including President Barack Obama - over questions of their citizenship withdre...
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Berrios drops challenge to Claypool's independent runJun 28, 2010 11:00 pm - Cook County Board of Review Commissioner Joseph Berrios dropped his challenge of ballot petitions filed by county Commissioner Forrest Claypool on Monday, setting up a f...
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Claypool to file for independent run as Cook Co. assessorJun 21, 2010 11:00 pm - Cook County Commissioner Forrest Claypool submitted more than three times the required 25,000 petition signatures to get on the ballot as an independent candidate for as...
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Buehrle makes interleague history in Sox 5-4 win over PiratesJun 17, 2010 11:00 pm - PITTSBURGH - Put an interleague game on the schedule, and there's no better pitcher than Mark Buehrle. Especially when he's opposing a team like the Pirates, who couldn'...
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Don't come unglued over library hoursJun 17, 2010 11:00 pm - Among the recent exchange of criticisms between the Wheaton Public Library Board and the Wheaton City Council, I ask that we all take a deep breath and remember that we'...
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Cook Board makes separate health board permanentJun 01, 2010 11:00 pm - The Cook County Board voted overwhelmingly Tuesday to make the independent board overseeing the Health & Hospitals System permanent. The board voted by a seemingly veto-...
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Preckwinkle says no sales tax repeal until 2012, at bestMay 19, 2010 11:00 pm - Chicago Alderman Toni Preckwinkle said Wednesday she will be unable to repeal the sales tax increase she has targeted on the campaign trail until 2012, or later, if elec...
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Cook Co. board fails to topple Stroger veto of hiring freezeMay 18, 2010 11:00 pm - The Cook County Board failed to override President Todd Stroger's veto of a hiring freeze Tuesday when two co-sponsors of the measure abandoned it in the final roll call...
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Stroger vetoes Cook hiring freezeMay 11, 2010 11:00 pm - Cook County Board President Todd Stroger has vetoed a countywide hiring freeze approved in an attempt to rein in his lame-duck spending. The hiring freeze, which also fr...
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Stroger under new scrutiny after top aides get raisesMay 07, 2010 11:00 pm - The hot water surrounding Cook County Board President Todd Stroger got hotter - and deeper - late this week with the discovery he had awarded raises to top aides Jaye Mo...