Jake Griffin
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Suburbs could lose $100M in business taxes to stateSep 13, 2017 5:12 am - The school year has just started and Northwest Suburban High School District 214 officials are already plugging another budget hole created by the state's financial cris...
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How the state is taking local sales tax moneySep 06, 2017 5:30 am - Many suburbs will find their coffers a little light this month. That's because towns with local sales taxes are getting 2 percent less from the state than they're used t...
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While some businesses get tax breaks, others get new taxAug 30, 2017 5:50 am - Rebates helped grow business in Downers Grove, where sales tax revenue has now dropped
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Rauner signs police pension reform billAug 24, 2017 1:00 am - Illinois police officers will no longer be able to participate in multiple law enforcement pension programs. Thursday, Gov. Bruce Rauner signed legislation that outlaws ...
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Rauner's communications staff quits amid controversy over cartoonAug 24, 2017 1:00 am - Four members of Gov. Bruce Rauner's communications team resigned Thursday in the wake of a controversy stemming from a political cartoon critics labeled as "racist." Out...
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Roskam wants changes to law used in Hastert caseAug 23, 2017 1:00 am - During a speech Wednesday to members of several suburban chambers of commerce, U.S. Rep. Peter Roskam pressed for changes to a financial reporting law that ensnared disg...
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Roskam: Trump should refocus 'struggling' agenda on health care, taxesAug 23, 2017 1:00 am - U.S. Rep. Peter Roskam on Wednesday reiterated his support for repealing and replacing Obamacare and changing the federal tax code and said President Donald Trump needs ...
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Former Buffalo Grove executive, escort indicted on wire fraud chargesAug 17, 2017 1:00 am - A Buffalo Grove-based company's former financial controller and his ex-escort girlfriend have been indicted on numerous wire fraud charges that federal prosecutors claim...
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Why parks director with four jobs gets to keep his pensionsAug 16, 2017 5:00 am - A parks executive holding jobs in four suburban districts is eligible to continue participating in a statewide taxpayer-funded pension program, an investigation has dete...
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Life sentence for Streamwood man convicted in teenager's sexual assaultAug 11, 2017 1:00 am - A Streamwood man whose previous rape conviction resulted in his being put on the state's registered sex offender list for life will now spend the rest of that life behin...