Local Politics
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Months after election, the fight for the final Buffalo Grove village board seat goes onOct 08, 2019 1:00 am - Nearly five months after he was sworn in for a second term on the Buffalo Grove village board, Trustee David Weidenfeld is continuing to fight for his seat, only now in ...
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DuPage County board member wants voters to decide fate of recorder's officeSep 30, 2019 5:30 am - DuPage officials plan to study whether the recorder's office should be merged with the county clerk's office. But one county board member says she already wants the cons...
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Elk Grove Twp. to host seminar on transferring property after deathSep 30, 2019 1:00 am - Cook County and Elk Grove Township officials will host a free seminar Tuesday night about how to safely transfer property to heirs without a will and trust. The Property...
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Green Oaks nurse announces run for Lake County coroner; incumbent to seek re-electionSep 23, 2019 1:00 am - Jennifer Banek, a nurse anesthesiologist from Green Oaks and a Cook Memorial Library District trustee, announced Monday she is running in the March 17 Democratic primary...
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DuPage board member wants ballot question on abolishing recorder's officeSep 16, 2019 5:30 am - A county board member wants to let voters decide this spring whether to eliminate the DuPage recorder's office and merge its duties with the county clerk's office. Downe...
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Afeef cites activism, background in bid for Kane County state's attorney in 2020Sep 16, 2019 1:00 am - Junaid "J" Afeef believes he has the courtroom and law enforcement experience, along with the moral conviction, to be the next Kane County state's attorney. Afeef, 5...
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Spence stresses experience as lawyer, judge in bid for Kane state's attorneySep 16, 2019 1:00 am - You can't teach experience and Robert Spence, the first candidate to announce for the Republican nomination for Kane County state's attorney, says he has an abundance of...
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Howard J. Wise announces bid for judge for 12th Subcircuit of Cook CountySep 11, 2019 11:00 pm - Northbrook, Illinois resident Howard J. Wise, 51, has announced his candidacy for the March 17, 2020 Democratic Primary for Cook County Circuit Court Judge for the 12th ...
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Crystal Lake health care professional seeking McHenry County coroner seatSep 10, 2019 1:00 am - A longtime health care professional with nursing and medical forensic training has announced her candidacy for McHenry County coroner. Republican Angela Byrnes of Crysta...
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Lake County circuit judge dies from cancer at 59Sep 06, 2019 1:00 am - Lake County Circuit Judge Thomas M. Schippers died Friday morning at 59. Chief Judge Jay W. Ukena confirmed Schippers' death in a statement Friday. "Those of us who serv...