Jake Griffin
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How suburban fire chiefs collect both pensions and paychecksDec 12, 2018 4:30 am - Mitch Crocetti's job pays pretty well, but his old job pays him even better. The Pingree Grove & Countryside Fire Protection District chief receives $117,500 a year in h...
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Raises coming for Geneva teachers as part of new contractDec 12, 2018 12:00 am - Geneva Unit District 304 teachers will receive raises in each of the five years of a new contract expected to be approved by the school board Friday. Kevin Gannon, the t...
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ComEd: Everyone's power is back onNov 29, 2018 12:00 am - ComEd has restored everyone's electrical power four days after Sunday's blizzard but will keep crews on hand to respond to any more damage to power lines from bad weathe...
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Will Illinois start charging electric car owners a road fee?Nov 21, 2018 4:33 am - Illinois is one of 30 states that do not charge owners of electric and hybrid cars an annual fee to make up for lost motor fuel taxes, but that could change. "If you're ...
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Will voters stay energized for local elections?Nov 19, 2018 4:40 am - Even before the results from the Nov. 6 election are made official, candidates vying for seats on some local boards will be filing nominating petitions this week to run ...
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How DuPage Airport business tenants have avoided paying property taxes for yearsNov 14, 2018 4:30 am - Robert Werderich used to pay the property taxes he owed for operating his Illinois Aviation Academy out of space he rents from the DuPage Airport Authority. But he sto...
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Commission: Adding video gambling was like adding 24 new casinosNov 12, 2018 12:00 am - The addition of video gambling in Illinois is now the equivalent of having more than 24 casinos. That's according to details from the recently released “Wagering in Illi...
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'Glitch' causes McHenry County vote undercount; fix hands board seat to DemocratNov 08, 2018 12:00 am - McHenry County's vote totals were underreported by nearly 20 percent because of a software "glitch," the county's chief election officer, Clerk Mary McClellan, acknowled...
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Suburbs' congressional representatives all DemocratsNov 07, 2018 12:00 am - Once the fourth-highest ranking Republican in the U.S. House of Representatives, Peter Roskam soon will be out of a job. Along with his former Wheaton neighbor and fello...
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Trump effect? Suburbs turn deep blue with Democratic inroads across the boardNov 07, 2018 12:00 am - Perhaps nowhere in the country was Tuesday's Democratic blue wave more devastating to Republicans than in suburban Chicago. In the suburbs, the midterm election flipped ...