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The Illinois House and Senate have tinkered with their original schedule and that tinkering makes us a little nervous about what they may have up their sleeves. But the revised session dates notwithstanding, lawmakers have a window of opportunity in...
Published: Dec 31, 2012 at 05:00 AM
Mortgage fraud was the topic at a recent meeting of the North Shore Chapter of the Women's Council of Realtors.
The speaker, an FBI supervisory agent, explained that mortgage fraud is a type of bank robbery in which the bank is not even aware it h...
Updated: Jan 02, 2013 at 11:07 AM
Northwest suburban school officials greeted Rep. David Harris’ outline for attacking the state’s pension problems with skepticism Saturday, but said they know they must be part of a solution.
The Arlington Heights Republican hosted board members and...
Updated: Dec 31, 2012 at 05:26 AM
Lake County Family YMCA will close its two branch facilities in Vernon Hills and Waukegan on Monday, Dec. 31, due to financial difficulties. However, the Vernon Hills branch will remain open as the Lakeside Fitness Center owned and operated by the V...
Updated: Dec 31, 2012 at 07:38 AM
It's become a foregone conclusion that nearly all of us will have to share the cost of cleaning up Illinois' pension mess. That, sadly, includes taxpayers, who will face a worse mess if the system is not reformed. And, just as sadly, it includes tea...
Updated: Dec 30, 2012 at 07:51 AM
ECC's second president
Robert Appel, 86; died March 19: Only the second president of Elgin Community College, Appel's relatively short tenure (1971-75) was marked by his determination to keep the college a leader in higher education, and he was...
Updated: Dec 27, 2012 at 02:32 PM
The election is over. The holidays will soon be over. In a week's time, legislators will head back to Springfield for a lame-duck session that should have pension reform as its No. 1 priority. No more excuses or delays.
To that end, two suburban Dem...
Updated: Dec 27, 2012 at 06:15 AM
SPRINGFIELD — Two suburban Democrats said Friday their plans to cut teachers’ and state workers’ pension benefits could save the state $2 billion next year and immediately cut its retirement debt by nearly $30 billion.
Since Democratic state Reps. E...
Updated: Dec 22, 2012 at 09:01 PM
The Lauren Wolf Band was winning the national Live Nation/Mamba Battle of the Bands contest when guitarist Patrick Dugan discovered something was wrong.
"We thought we were sitting pretty in first place and, much to our despair, one day we pulled u...
Updated: Dec 26, 2012 at 06:20 AM
A Grayslake man has been arrested after an investigation showed he took more than $700,000 from his former employer, according to the Cook County sheriff’s office.
Ricardo Campos Jr., 36, was arrested at his home Wednesday morning.
Campos had worke...
Updated: Dec 20, 2012 at 04:44 PM