Jake Griffin
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Housing crash pushed bigger tax load onto seniorsNov 13, 2013 4:15 am - Many Illinois seniors on fixed incomes are actually paying more property taxes these days because of the drastic decline in the value of their homes in recent years. Tha...
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First Boston for Hawthorn Woods man, then LAXNov 01, 2013 12:01 pm - A Hawthorn Woods couple had just picked up their luggage and were heading to rent a car at Los Angeles International Airport when they became enveloped in the chaos of a...
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Cook forest preserve engineer charged in kickback plotOct 31, 2013 12:40 pm - A former Cook County Forest Preserve District engineer faces federal bribery charges for, prosecutors say, accepting $10,000 in kickbacks for work performed at two distr...
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Cook County analysts guilty of taking bribes to lower assessmentsOct 28, 2013 1:11 pm - Two former Cook County Board of Review analysts were convicted Monday of accepting a $1,500 bribe to lower assessments on several properties. The Chicago men, who are ha...
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Palatine man facing federal fraud chargesOct 25, 2013 12:32 pm - A 39-year-old Palatine man is facing federal fraud charges stemming from a real estate scheme that prosecutors claim lost investors $5.5 million. Arthur Lin was indicted...
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'Sin' tax hikes don't yield long-term revenue spikesOct 23, 2013 5:15 am - Sin isn't as profitable as it once was. While state lawmakers continue to increase taxes on liquor, cigarettes and gambling, revenues from the so-called “sin taxes” aren...
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Deputies evict Schaumburg man, find 38 firearmsOct 18, 2013 4:54 pm - A 59-year-old Schaumburg man whose firearm owners identification card had been revoked is facing felony weapons possession charges after Cook County sheriff’s deputies d...
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Cook Forest Preserve District not raising user feesOct 17, 2013 11:00 am - After increasing user fees this year, Cook County Forest Preserve District officials are holding the line in next year's $179 million budget. Cook County Board President...
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Preckwinkle: Other county leaders resist ideas to reduce jail costsOct 10, 2013 12:00 pm - Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle says her efforts to reduce the county’s jail population and save taxpayers millions of dollars a year are being thwarted by ...
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County clerks plus election boards costs suburbsOct 09, 2013 5:00 am - Lake County election commission could be costly