Jake Griffin
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DuPage towns take different paths to plug budget gapsMar 27, 2010 11:00 pm - Naperville is doing it with layoffs and fee hikes. Bloomingdale is doing it with a telecommunications tax. Carol Stream is doing it with tax increases and job buyouts. W...
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DuPage's Enger among finalists for lieutenant governorMar 24, 2010 11:00 pm - Just as Democrats are making headway among the ranks of elected posts long held by Republicans in DuPage County, the state party might take one away. DuPage County Board...
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Audit costs DuPage water agency $365,000 - so farMar 23, 2010 11:00 pm - A forensic audit to determine how the DuPage Water Commission drained its $69 million reserve fund already has cost more than $364,000 and there is no immediate end in s...
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Woman arrested in Naperville calls 911 to complain she's trapped in jailMar 23, 2010 11:00 pm - "You're trapped where?" the Naperville police dispatcher asks, perhaps somewhat incredulously. She was responding to a 911 call from Carly A. Houston, 29, of Chicago, wh...
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DuPage forest board wants control of district mappingMar 23, 2010 11:00 pm - DuPage County Forest Preserve commissioners are seeking legislative assistance to sever its remaining tie to the county board. A bill proposed by state Sen. Don Harmon, ...
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Some DuPage board members skeptical of water takeoverMar 23, 2010 11:00 pm - Two state legislative proposals to have DuPage County take the reins of the embattled DuPage Water Commission are meeting resistance from some county board members. "The...
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COD spending $121,000 on new clocksMar 22, 2010 11:00 pm - After opening two new buildings on campus last year, College of DuPage officials learned they needed more time - literally. The college's board of trustees approved a co...
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Those scrutinizing Navistar move question proposed tax incentivesMar 20, 2010 11:00 pm - When Navistar announced plans last summer to move its corporate headquarters to the mammoth and now empty Alcatel-Lucent building in Lisle, it was believed the ballyhooe...
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Rove tells DuPage GOP health care bill should failMar 19, 2010 11:00 pm - Just days ahead of a congressional vote on health care reform, former presidential adviser Karl Rove told DuPage County Republicans Friday the bill should fail. "The vot...
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COD center to include restaurants, boutique hotelMar 18, 2010 11:00 pm - It's a safe bet that most on-campus lodging at American colleges don't include room service, but College of DuPage is looking to change that. The college's proposed $25 ...