James Fuller
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U-46 enrollment continues to drop; funding for school renovations gets underwayOct 31, 2023 2:06 pm - The number of students enrolled in Elgin Area School District U-46 continues to plummet, according to the latest data shared with school board members. At the same time,...
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Kane County may increase property taxes to cope with rising costsOct 18, 2023 6:51 am - Kane County officials are poised to do something they haven't done in more than a decade -- approve a property tax increase. But at least a handful of county board membe...
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'They can't get people to work here': U-46 drivers call for better pay to attract more workersOct 13, 2023 7:01 am - Days that start at 5:15 a.m. and end at 4:45 p.m. Workplace temperatures that hit 120 degrees in the summer. The possibility of being kicked, punched or slapped. Confron...
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Upcoming tax hikes? Kane County mulls over 2024 budget optionsSep 15, 2023 6:16 pm - Some form of a tax increase for Kane County residents will be at least part of the discussion as county board members piece together a plan for the 2024 budget over the ...
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Kane County Board to vote on two competing American dreamsSep 04, 2023 7:41 am - Sixty years ago, corn stalks and soybeans were the only living things that might have minded the industrial presence of Brady Brick in Plato Township. But in recent deca...
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Rising domestic violence and DUI cases strain Kane County's legal resourcesAug 20, 2023 7:31 am - Kane County domestic violence and DUI cases rose so much in 2022 that State's Attorney Jamie Mosser said she will need additional staff to handle the cases. The informat...
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Kane County Democrats succeed in push for union labor in county construction projectsAug 20, 2023 8:03 am - Kane County Democrats have muscled through changes in who can receive taxpayer dollars for county construction work. The new rules - long fought against by Kane County R...
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Kane County may boost crime lab with opioid settlement cashAug 04, 2023 7:00 pm - The early debate about how Kane County should spend any opioid settlement money began Thursday with some shared sentiment that at least the initial funds should stay wit...
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Elgin mayor leads push to ban unregulated THC products in cityJul 31, 2023 6:54 am - Elgin's gas stations, convenience stores and smoke shops would have to remove all products containing THC - the chemical that causes the "high" feeling in cannabis and h...
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School supply giveaway festival returning to ElginJul 28, 2023 9:00 am - As a kid, Marcus Banner felt both the thrill of a new beginning and the dread of being unprepared at the start of each school year. To start the school year right and ma...