Jake Griffin
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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...
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Illinois bill would require testing school water for leadJan 09, 2017 12:00 am - Every school in Illinois would have to test drinking water for lead contamination by the end of 2018 under a bill being considered by Illinois legislators. The law would...
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How much are you paying to throw it away? Depends on where you liveJan 04, 2017 4:00 am - Each week it costs West Dundee about $5.50 per house to get rid of the garbage and recyclables accumulated by its residents. Homeowners probably don't know that because ...
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Why schools won't test for leadDec 06, 2016 5:00 am - When Crystal Lake High School District 155 tested water in its schools, 60 percent of the samples showed some level of lead contamination, with eight high enough that th...
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Water testing doesn't break budgets, but many schools could pay lessDec 04, 2016 6:30 am - By the time Maine Township High School District 207 had tested all of its nearly 200 drinking water sources at its three campuses and removed, rebuilt or replaced eight ...
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How much lead is in your school's water?Dec 04, 2016 6:30 am - Part of a continuing series For years, a drinking fountain in the library at Stone Elementary School in Addison offered refreshment to anyone walking past. But re...