Jake Griffin
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Which suburban townships raised property taxes?Apr 30, 2014 5:30 am - Property values plummeted on average more than 20 percent from 2009 to 2012 across 50 suburban townships. Meanwhile, leaders of 36 of those townships increased property ...
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How Medinah’s proposed tax cut could cost schoolsMar 26, 2014 5:15 am - The exclusive Medinah Country Club's lush, rolling greens have played host to celebrities and golfing elites throughout their storied history, including in 2012 when the...
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Lawmaker calls for end to 13th pension paymentMar 24, 2014 1:01 am - A controversial multimillion-dollar pension perk would end under legislation proposed by state Rep. Deborah Conroy. The Villa Park Democrat, after reading a Daily Herald...
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Grayslake man facing federal armed robbery chargesMar 21, 2014 1:01 am - A Grayslake man is facing federal armed robbery charges stemming from a string of holdups at retail stores across Lake County and northern Cook County last summer. Lero...
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Rauner sweeps suburban vote from DillardMar 18, 2014 1:01 am - When state Sen. Kirk Dillard narrowly lost his bid for the GOP gubernatorial nod in 2010, he blamed the glut of fellow suburban candidates on his inability to shore up e...
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College of Lake County board spent $110,000 on travel, food over two yearsMar 12, 2014 1:01 am - Editor's note: To clarify information provided by the College of Lake County, details of revisions to the board's policies have been changed. It wasn't the $1,198.7...
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Big numbers turn out for math contest in MundeleinMar 09, 2014 1:01 am - Dozens of Mundelein area students were hunkered over math tests Sunday afternoon, and it's not because they did anything wrong. "I'm here for the money," explained 13-ye...
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Brown's Chicken victim's family unhappy as killer wins $451,000Mar 09, 2014 1:01 am - A federal jury has awarded nearly $500,000 to one of the two men convicted in the Brown's Chicken massacre through a civil rights lawsuit filed against a former jailer. ...
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Oberweis bristles at Truax attacks during debateMar 03, 2014 12:01 am - Jim Oberweis used his time during a debate Monday as a platform to pitch himself as the right choice for the GOP's U.S. Senate nomination. Instead of taking a similar ta...
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Gire, suburbanites celebrate Oscar in WheatonMar 02, 2014 12:00 am - Though Daily Herald Film Critic Dann Gire called this year's Academy Award nominee field one of the “tightest, toughest” he's ever seen, it turned out pretty much the wa...