Jake Griffin
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Naperville director to lead solid waste agencyAug 11, 2011 12:00 am - Dave Van Vooren’s breadth of experience was the deciding factor when he was unanimously chosen as the new executive director of the scandal-plagued Solid Waste Agency of...
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You paid $1.7 million for legislators' mileage, daily allowanceAug 10, 2011 5:45 am - Every time a legislator spends the day in Springfield, it costs Illinois taxpayers an extra $111. Every mile those legislators drive to and from the state capital costs ...
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State workers not fired for fireable offensesAug 03, 2011 12:00 am - John Grana lost nearly a year's worth of pay but is happy to have his job back. That's because the state's chief ethics officer suggested it could be taken away, but was...
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Child porn charges net Wheeling man 70-year sentenceAug 03, 2011 12:00 am - A 34-year-old former Wheeling man has been sentenced to 70 years in prison for producing and transmitting child pornography, federal prosecutors announced Wednesday. “No...
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Preckwinkle talks layoffs as revenue shortage loomsJul 28, 2011 12:00 am - Layoffs are likely as Cook County wrestles with a looming revenue shortage in 2012 to the tune of $315 million. Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle said Thursda...
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Ex-school administrators get big pension boostsJul 27, 2011 12:00 am - James Hintz received a $33,365 raise this year. That's despite retiring as Stevenson High School District 125's assistant superintendent in 2005. Since Hintz — the distr...
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Which township trustees are getting pensionsJul 13, 2011 12:00 am - If Libertyville Township Trustee Terry White left office today, he would receive about $1,000 a year for the rest of his life. That's because he's been contributing 4.5 ...
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Judge Evans holds out on Cook Cty. reorganizationJul 07, 2011 12:00 am - Cook County Chief Judge Timothy Evans is the lone holdout of county board President Toni Preckwinkle's planned management overhaul of government operations. Evans argued...
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State ethics board levied $28,350 in finesJul 06, 2011 12:00 am - Twenty-nine state workers have felt the wrath of the Illinois Executive Ethics Commission since the little-known board's inception seven years ago. For violating the eth...
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State legislators' stipends cost taxpayers $1.7 millionJun 29, 2011 12:00 am - Tom Morrison is one of the few Illinois state legislators to make $64,716 a year for his time in Springfield. While that might seem like a lot to some, it's the bare min...