Jake Griffin
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Griffin: Who benefits from business district tax?Mar 11, 2015 5:30 am - When Bill Fagi looks across the parking lot at Stratford Square Mall in Bloomingdale, he sees where some of his profits go. Customers at Fagi's Furniture Connections in ...
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Griffin: Rauner plan could cost suburbs 25% of reservesMar 04, 2015 4:30 am - When Gov. Bruce Rauner suggested withholding half of the municipal share of income tax revenues to shore up state finances, he assumed towns could absorb the loss by dip...
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16-year-old boy charged in Aurora shooting deathFeb 28, 2015 12:00 am - A 16-year-old Aurora boy is charged with first-degree murder following a shooting Friday afternoon near downtown Aurora that police described as "gang-related." Police ...
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COD administrators reject union-sponsored candidate forumFeb 28, 2015 12:00 am - College of DuPage administrators are refusing to allow the 600-plus member adjunct association to host a candidate forum on campus March 11, saying it violates the board...
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Bouncer shot during Fox Lake bar brawlFeb 27, 2015 10:00 pm - A bouncer at a Fox Lake bar was shot and a patron suffered head injuries during a brawl early Saturday morning, according to local police. Police arrested three people, ...
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Shoppers paid extra $1 billion in local sales taxesFeb 25, 2015 4:30 am - Editor's note: This story has been updated to correct information about how Batavia became a home-rule community. Shoppers in Illinois paid more than $1 billion in ...
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Roselle man accused of pimping while out on bail in sex abuse caseFeb 13, 2015 12:00 am - A 24-year-old Roselle man is accused of pimping teenage girls throughout the suburbs while free on bail as he awaited trial for sexually abusing a different teenage girl...
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Your Illinois license won't be enough to flyFeb 11, 2015 4:30 am - An Illinois driver's license might not be enough identification to get you onto a commercial flight beginning next year. That's because state-issued driver's licenses do...
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COD president Breuder chose against guaranteed pensionJan 28, 2015 4:30 am - How COD president's pension could have been even higher
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Griffin: Municipal retirees' insurance cost taxpayers millionsJan 21, 2015 4:30 am - More than 2,100 former employees in 57 suburbs cost taxpayers almost $16.5 million in health insurance costs last year. Experts expect that figure to rise steeply as mor...