Jake Griffin
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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...
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Suburbs' share of state income taxes keeps growingAug 09, 2017 5:30 am - A growing portion of Illinois' income tax revenue is coming from Chicago and the suburbs, new data from the Illinois Department of Revenue shows. But are they getting t...
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Comptroller Susana Mendoza continues borrowing push to pay billsAug 09, 2017 1:00 am - The good news is Illinois' bill backlog is about $400 million less than it was about two weeks ago. The bad news is the state's bill backlog is still more than $14 billi...
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How not taxing retirees' income costs IllinoisAug 02, 2017 5:30 am - The newly increased 4.95 percent Illinois income tax will cost about $822 a year more for a family of three making $75,000. But a retiree living off $75,000 in pension a...
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Cook County soda tax: The amount you pay could varyAug 02, 2017 1:00 am - On the first day of what is supposed to be a penny-per-ounce Cook County tax on sweetened beverages, the amount actually charged by restaurants and retailers for fountai...
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How retirement income became exempt from state taxAug 02, 2017 1:00 am - So unpopular was the Illinois' income tax that it cost Gov. Richard Ogilvie his job. It was one of the first major pieces of legislation approved by the new Republican g...
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2 DuPage carnival rides among those suspended after fatal Ohio accidentJul 27, 2017 1:00 am - Two DuPage County carnival rides similar to the one that malfunctioned in Ohio killing one person and injuring seven others were shut down Thursday by the state and fair...
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Grocery store's video gambling opens new wagering frontier in suburbsJul 19, 2017 5:30 am - There's more than just booze behind the new bar inside Antioch's Piggly Wiggly grocery store. Shoppers can find four video gambling machines there, too. Last month, the ...