Local Politics
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Mount Prospect begins hearings on election challengeJan 08, 2021 12:00 am - A Mount Prospect electoral board began hearings Friday at village hall on a challenge to a slate of two candidates for village trustee in the April election. Former Trus...
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Buffalo Grove trustee candidate files motion to dismiss challengeJan 08, 2021 12:00 am - The attorney for Buffalo Grove trustee candidate Gowri Magati has filed a motion to dismiss former Trustee Jeffrey Berman's challenge to her candidacy. The attorney, Mat...
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Streamwood trustee race now uncontestedJan 07, 2021 12:00 am - Streamwood village trustee candidates John D. Gallione and Mark L. Whipple have been removed from the ballot after a determination of deficiencies in their nominating pe...
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Aurora alderman candidate seeks to have 2 others bounced from ballotJan 07, 2021 12:00 am - A candidate for the Aurora alderman-at-large position is trying to get two opposing candidates removed from the ballot, including one he alleges doesn't live in the city...
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Hatzis withdrawing from Mount Prospect trustee raceJan 07, 2021 12:00 am - Mount Prospect Trustee Eleni Hatzis is ending her campaign for reelection rather than fight a challenge to her nominating petitions filed by the husband of an opponent. ...
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No decisions in challenges to two Des Plaines candidates' petitionsJan 05, 2021 12:00 am - Two Des Plaines political candidates will have to wait until at least Monday to learn if they'll be kicked off the April 6 ballot. No evidence was heard, nor were any fi...
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Former Lake County state's attorney appointed as judgeJan 05, 2021 12:00 am - Former Lake County State's Attorney Mike Nerheim, who lost his reelection battle in November, has been appointed as a judge in the 19th Circuit Court. Nerheim will fill ...
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Itasca voters to decide mayor, 3 village trustee seatsJan 04, 2021 12:00 am - Itasca voters will decide the position of mayor and three village board trustee seats in the April 6 municipal elections, where a couple of important issues will be up f...
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Lencioni to stay on the ballot in St. CharlesJan 04, 2021 12:00 am - Paul Lencioni will stay on the ballot as a Ward 3 alderman candidate in St. Charles after an objection to his candidacy in the April 6 consolidated election was ruled in...
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Is a slate a political party? The answer could decide fate for 2 Mount Prospect candidatesDec 31, 2020 12:00 am - When Mount Prospect voters approved nonpartisan elections for village trustee and mayor in a binding 2010 referendum, did that mean candidates could not run as a slate? ...