Jake Griffin
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Why some park districts want to dump lobby groupSep 16, 2015 5:30 am - When Glen Ellyn Park District commissioner Jay Kinzler learned the head of the state parks association was making $360,000 to lead the private lobbying group largely fun...
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Images: An Hour in ... Elk Grove VillageSep 13, 2015 1:00 am - Elk Grove Village is home to one of the world's largest industrial parks and to quiet residential neighborhoods. Its giant business tax base allows the village to provid...
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Rita Moreno chugs into Chicago as busy as everSep 11, 2015 6:00 am - What do you do when you're one of the few people whose entertainment career has earned you Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony awards? Well, if you're Rita Moreno, you keep on ...
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Townships collect tax money to help needy, but most goes to salaries, overheadSep 09, 2015 5:00 am - Of the $152,062 spent by Avon Township on its charitable initiatives in 2014, only $10,740 actually went to those in need. The remaining $141,322 went to pay salaries an...
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Experts: Need for attention drives most false police reportsSep 03, 2015 1:00 am - In the midst of investigating the 1999 deaths of Marilyn Lemak's three young children at the hands of their mother, Ray McGury — then a Naperville police detective — got...
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Des Plaines man who won millions in wrongful conviction settlement faces new chargesAug 27, 2015 1:00 am - A Des Plaines man who once was awarded $25 million by a jury for his wrongful murder conviction is facing federal gun charges following a shooting last week. Thaddeus Ji...
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COD's Waterleaf staff averages $2,600 severanceAug 15, 2015 7:30 am - Nineteen employees of the College of DuPage's Waterleaf restaurant will get severances averaging nearly $2,600 when the eatery is closed at the end of the month. The col...
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Motorola Mobility cutting 500 jobs from Chicago workforceAug 13, 2015 1:00 am - Motorola Mobility, the maker of mobile devices for China-based Lenovo, is losing about a quarter of its Chicago workforce, a company spokesman said Thursday. Some 500 jo...
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Suburban red-light cameras still generating millions in revenueAug 12, 2015 5:00 am - Suburban red-light cameras are generating more revenue than ever before. But that's not what was supposed to occur. “They were going to be so successful at changing driv...
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Tiny Lakemoor gets big bucks from red-light camerasAug 05, 2015 5:30 am - More than 50,000 vehicles pass through the intersection of routes 12 and 120 in Lakemoor every day. Village officials need 50 of those drivers to get caught by red-light...