Jake Griffin
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Suburban health care workers face federal chargesMar 07, 2012 12:53 pm - Several suburban health care workers have been added to a federal Medicare fraud indictment involving a Berwyn man who used to run operations in Chicago. Jacinto “John” ...
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West Chicago parks' finances called into questionMar 07, 2012 4:00 am - Don Voelz is one of seven West Chicago Park District commissioners controlling the agency's purse strings. He's also one of three commissioners with family members who h...
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Township study gives high marks to townshipsMar 06, 2012 6:30 pm - Township government provides the most bang for a taxpayer's buck. That's according to a study commissioned by Township Officials of Illinois, the lobbying arm of more th...
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Are we having the best winter ever?Feb 28, 2012 11:00 pm - Call it the nice-winter trifecta. This winter, so far, has been one of the least snowy, with only six winters in the history of Chicago weather record-keeping having les...
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Want a say about township government? Now's the timeFeb 28, 2012 10:00 pm - Last year, the Daily Herald investigated township government spending and found part-time trustees getting pension benefits, more than $1 million being spent on free hea...
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Suburbs getting more property taxesFeb 21, 2012 11:00 pm - At a time when property values have gone down considerably, many suburbs have sharply increased how much they're receiving in property taxes. More than two dozen towns t...
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Hoffman Estates couple indicted on tax evasion chargesFeb 16, 2012 11:00 pm - A Hoffman Estates couple is facing tax evasion charges after federal prosecutors said they created a shell company to file a fake mortgage on their home and filed a fals...
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DuPage County sex offender gets 35-year sentenceFeb 15, 2012 11:00 pm - A 49-year-old former DuPage County man who has been a registered sex offender since 2005 was sentenced to 35 years in federal prison stemming from a new child pornograph...
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State grants to libraries will pay for technology, other upgradesFeb 14, 2012 11:00 pm - With the state of Illinois still mired in a financial morass, many library officials weren’t counting on the annual grants distributed by Secretary of State Jesse White....
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Why Legislators rarely know cost of laws they passFeb 07, 2012 10:00 pm - If you add up the financial impact reports accompanying 650 new laws passed by the Illinois General Assembly last year, it looks like legislators saved taxpayers more th...