Jake Griffin
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Illinois nets almost $6 billion more in taxes in 2012Apr 24, 2013 5:30 am - Illinois collected nearly $6 billion more in taxes and fees in 2012 than in the year before. That's the greatest increase of any state in the nation, according to the U....
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Buffalo Grove MIT student in lockdownApr 19, 2013 12:50 pm - One of the thousands of MIT students locked down on the campus of the elite Cambridge, Mass., college is Buffalo Grove native David Jin. The MIT freshman majoring in neu...
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Des Plaines River crest prediction lowered below recordApr 18, 2013 10:00 am - Des Plaines is bracing itself for what could be the worst flood in its history. So far, eight people have been evacuated from homes off Hawthorne Lane and Big Bend Drive...
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Two Des Plaines residents killed in Tri-State crashApr 18, 2013 9:47 am - Illinois State Police said two Des Plaines residents were killed in an early morning crash in the southbound lanes of the Tri-State Tollway near Lake Street in Elmhurst....
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Lightning strike causes Metra delaysApr 18, 2013 9:08 am - A lightning strike at a Union Pacific switching location damaged equipment and has stalled Metra traffic along all three of the railroad’s lines into Chicago’s Ogilvie S...
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Suburbs' flooding woes might last awhileApr 18, 2013 5:00 am - Propelled by a deluge that at one point dropped an inch of rain in 20 minutes, quick-rising floodwaters flowed into basements, swallowed streets and closed schools throu...
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Cook County OKs program to boost transit-oriented developmentApr 17, 2013 4:24 pm - Cook County soon will offer federal loan guarantees for economic development projects that feature transportation and job growth opportunities. The county board voted We...
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Does it matter if districts cover teacher contributions?Apr 17, 2013 5:30 am - Illinois teachers are supposed to put 9.4 percent of their salaries toward their pensions. Yet, teachers in at least 27 suburban school districts have some or all of the...
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Hinsdale resident with race director when bombs explodedApr 15, 2013 6:23 pm - After spending much of the day at the finish line of the Boston Marathon, Hinsdale resident Doug Kaplan was with the race’s director Dave McGillivray at the starting lin...
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Naperville doctor 6 blocks from marathon finish lineApr 15, 2013 5:41 pm - Naperville cardiologist Jim Ostrenga was six blocks away from finishing the Boston Marathon when he was halted by police cars in the middle of the race route. “Thank God...