Local Politics
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Wheeling trustees OK 75 percent raise for village presidentOct 05, 2016 1:00 am - Wheeling trustees Monday unanimously approved a 75 percent salary increase for the village president and a 33 percent salary increase for village trustees effective afte...
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McHenry County District 1 candidates debate economic developmentOct 04, 2016 5:07 am - The four candidates vying for two open District 1 seats on the McHenry County Board have differing views about the direction in which the county should develop economica...
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Candidates for 7th District seat divided on Route 53 planOct 04, 2016 1:00 am - The candidates running for the Lake County Board's 7th District seat have opposing opinions on the controversial plan to extend Route 53 into Lake County. Republican in...
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McHenry County Board District 6 candidates favor spending Valley Hi surplusOct 04, 2016 1:00 am - Editor's note: An earlier version of this story should have read a fourth candidate, Democrat Cathy Johnson, who served as a Riley Township trustee and a member of t...
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Lake County Board candidates say development needed in Zion areaOct 04, 2016 1:00 am - Both candidates for Lake County Board District 4 in the far northeast corner of the county say economic development is needed to combat high property taxes, but they dif...
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Four candidates run for two seats in McHenry County District 5Oct 03, 2016 1:00 am - The race for two open seats in McHenry County District 5 features an incumbent, a former county board member and two newcomers. Republicans Andy Snarski and incumbent Mi...
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Batavia 1st Ward alderman resignsOct 03, 2016 1:00 am - Batavia 1st Ward Alderman Carl Fischer has resigned because he is moving out of town. Mayor Jeff Schielke announced the resignation at the city council's meeting Monday ...
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Jeff Redick: Candidate ProfileOct 02, 2016 11:00 pm - DuPage County Forest Preserve District 2 (Republican)
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Josina Morita: Candidate ProfileOct 02, 2016 11:00 pm - Metropolitan Water Reclamation District (Democrat)
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Angela Clay Thomas: Candidate ProfileOct 02, 2016 11:00 pm - Kane County Board District 4 (Democrat)