Jake Griffin
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You might be paying for a primary you can't vote inFeb 22, 2017 4:00 am - Next Tuesday a few voters in fewer suburban townships will head to the polls to decide who will appear on another ballot in five weeks. In many cases, the winners of tho...
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Road chief accused of taking payments, not passing them on to Dundee TownshipFeb 15, 2017 4:00 am - The Dundee Township Highway Department is under investigation by the Kane County sheriff's office - residents said they paid Highway Commissioner Larry Braasch for new d...
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Police respond to report of shots fired at Palatine shopping centerFeb 07, 2017 12:00 am - Police responding to reports of shots fired at a Palatine Walmart found one person bleeding outside the store and took several others by the jewelry counter out in handc...
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Bill would lower sales tax rate but tax more thingsFeb 07, 2017 12:00 am - Legislation expected to be introduced Wednesday would lower the state sales tax rate by half a percentage point but apply the tax to more goods and services, including g...
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McSweeney reintroduces bill to abolish lieutenant governorFeb 06, 2017 12:00 am - Proposals to abolish the Illinois lieutenant governor's office have failed twice, but this time Barrington Hills Republican state Rep. David McSweeney is trying a new ap...
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Ex-DuPage County board members profit from pension loopholeFeb 01, 2017 4:00 am - Five former DuPage County Board members were able to take advantage of a quirk in pension rules that only benefitted elected officials to inflate their retirement benefi...
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Aurora native shot outside Naperville school while waiting for son, age 4Jan 28, 2017 12:00 am - A Lewis University psychology professor waiting in a Naperville middle school parking lot to pick up his 4-year-old son from a weekly Polish culture class Friday night w...
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Rauner signs bill requiring school lead testsJan 16, 2017 12:00 am - All Illinois schools and child-care centers will have to test drinking water for lead by 2018 under a new law signed today by Gov. Bruce Rauner. The law requires schools...
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Police reports document Facebook torture suspect's escapades in hours before videoJan 15, 2017 5:30 am - One of the men accused in the torture of an 18-year-old with a mental illness that was broadcast on Facebook spent the days leading up to the attack involved in a strang...
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Bill to test school water for lead goes to RaunerJan 10, 2017 12:00 am - A bill that requires testing of drinking water in all Illinois schools for lead contamination was approved unanimously today by the Illinois Senate. The bill is expected...