Jake Griffin
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How much is your township road district taxing per mile?Sep 26, 2018 5:00 am - Even as Naperville Township officials were touting consolidation efforts to lower property taxes for residents, the road district was collecting more taxes than ever bef...
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Fire guts White Pines house as firefighters hampered by water main breaksSep 21, 2018 1:00 am - Firefighters from five suburban agencies were battling a massive house fire in an unincorporated part of DuPage County near Bensenville Thursday evening when their hoses...
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How to stay safe in a natural gas leakSep 14, 2018 1:00 am - Thursday's massive explosions throughout the Merrimack Valley in Massachusetts north of Boston are preliminarily being blamed on over-pressurized natural gas lines that ...
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Tax cuts in 18 school districts? It's possible, thanks to referendums on next April's ballotSep 12, 2018 5:30 am - At least 18 suburban school districts could see property tax collections slashed next year, some by as much as 10 percent. An 11th-hour addition to a 2017 Illinois schoo...
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Althoff resigning Senate seat; Democrat cries foulAug 31, 2018 1:00 am - Republican state Sen. Pam Althoff of McHenry is relinquishing her legislative seat a little more than a month before the Nov. 6 election, paving the way for McHenry Coun...
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COD athletics programs hit with yearlong probationAug 30, 2018 1:00 am - All 17 College of DuPage athletic teams are ineligible for postseason play this year after the National Junior College Athletic Association placed the programs on probat...
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Study: Suburbs pay more than what they get back from stateAug 29, 2018 5:15 am - For every dollar DuPage County taxpayers send to Springfield, the state returns 31 cents. That's the lowest rate of return among all 102 counties in Illinois, according ...
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New law caps 'golden parachutes' for local government leadersAug 16, 2018 1:00 am - A new law signed by Gov. Bruce Rauner this week limits the amount of severance local governments can pay to outgoing employees and prevents payouts for any employee fire...
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Voters have rejected new school twice. District 200 board looks to build it anyway.Aug 15, 2018 5:00 am - The Wheaton Warrenville Unit District 200 school board is expected to approve a $14 million borrowing plan Wednesday to pay for construction of a building the district w...
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Lake County uses gambling revenue to fight gambling addictionAug 08, 2018 5:34 am - With video gambling machines bringing in more money, how are local governments spending it? Often, it's used to fill holes in the budget or pay staff salaries, which can...