Local Politics
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Elgin candidates on taxes, downtown and moreJan 27, 2017 12:00 am - Elgin City Council candidates aired their views on several topics during an election forum Thursday night. Incumbents John Prigge, Carol Rauschenberger, Terry Gavin and ...
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Elk Grove trustee race uncontested after challenger drops outJan 26, 2017 12:00 am - A candidate for Elk Grove Village trustee has quietly withdrawn his name from the April ballot, all but guaranteeing the village board will be filled with incumbents aft...
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Next term would be last for Barrington Village President DarchJan 24, 2017 12:00 am - Barrington Village President Karen Darch announced Tuesday that if she wins re-election in April her next term would be her last. Darch began her Barrington political ca...
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Candidate drops out of Antioch mayoral raceJan 24, 2017 12:00 am - The Antioch mayoral race is down to two candidates after one announced he was dropping out of the race Tuesday. Ray Willis said he filed the necessary paperwork to remo...
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Four kicked off Hampshire ballotJan 20, 2017 4:30 am - One candidate for Hampshire village president and three for trustee have been bounced from the April ballot after electoral boards upheld objections claiming their nomin...
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Jan. 31 is last day to register for primary electionJan 18, 2017 10:00 pm - Kane County Clerk John A. Cunningham reminds residents in Aurora Township Precincts 1-15 and Dundee Township Precincts 1-35 that the last day to register to vote for the...
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Former trustee wants back on Mount Prospect boardJan 18, 2017 12:00 am - A familiar face could be returning to the Mount Prospect village board this year. A. John Korn, who served 10 years as a village trustee, has filed as a write-in candida...
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Term limits question knocked off Wauconda ballotsJan 17, 2017 12:00 am - A citizen-driven proposal to create term limits for Wauconda's mayor and trustees will not appear on April 4 ballots because petition pages were numbered improperly, off...
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New Kane court case management system a work in progressJan 17, 2017 12:00 am - Some attorneys are privately expressing their frustrations with the new Kane County circuit court clerk's new case management system. More than five weeks after its go-...
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Lisle trustee fighting allegations to stay on the ballotJan 13, 2017 12:00 am - Lisle's electoral board on Friday dismissed an objection that claimed Trustee Christy McGovern falsely signed her name to nominating petitions she didn't circulate. But ...