Local Politics
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Glen Ellyn Civic Betterment Party recruiting village candidatesAug 28, 2018 1:00 am - Glen Ellyn Civic Betterment Party leaders have launched their candidate search for village positions up for election next spring. The 87-year-old party is accepting appl...
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Seminar in Arlington Heights on dealing with local wildlifeAug 27, 2018 1:00 am - Cook County Commissioner Tim Schneider and the Cook County Forest Preserve District will host a wildlife education seminar Wednesday night for residents who live near fo...
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Arlington Heights raises campaign contribution limitsAug 22, 2018 1:00 am - Already one of the few suburbs with local campaign finance rules, Arlington Heights is raising contribution limits that have gone unchanged for 24 years. Citing inflatio...
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State police investigating Lake County Board chairman's financesAug 21, 2018 1:00 am - Illinois State Police are investigating Lake County Board Chairman Aaron Lawlor's misuse of public funds and other aspects of his professional and political finances, au...
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Two more running for Schaumburg village boardAug 21, 2018 1:00 am - Nafees Rahman, one of three candidates for Schaumburg mayor, has named two of the three trustee candidates who will run with him in his April 2019 bid to succeed 31-year...
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Democrat leaving DuPage County Board raceAug 15, 2018 1:00 am - A DuPage County Board candidate plans to withdraw before the November election to help a fellow a Democrat in the race. Arlene Kendorski of Downers Grove says she's aban...
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Lake County Board members spar over advisory property tax referendumAug 14, 2018 1:00 am - A divided Lake County Board voted Tuesday to put a question on the Nov. 6 ballot asking if the General Assembly should amend Illinois' Constitution and ban a statewide p...
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Under investigation for county credit card use, Lawlor formally ends re-election bidAug 10, 2018 1:00 am - Facing accusations of financial misbehavior and a law enforcement investigation, Lake County Board Chairman Aaron Lawlor has formally ended his re-election bid. The coun...
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Lawlor frequently used county card for personal expensesAug 08, 2018 1:00 am - In the months before Lake County Board Chairman Aaron Lawlor entered rehab for an undisclosed drug addiction, his county-issued "procurement card" was used to pay nearly...
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Wheaton council members announce mayoral bidsAug 08, 2018 1:00 am - Wheaton voters will elect the city's first new mayor in 12 years next spring, and two city council veterans already have announced bids for the post. Mayor Michael Gresk...