James Fuller
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Kane County may be forced to furlough employeesMay 04, 2009 11:00 pm - Kane County officials are hoping new plans to encourage employees to quit or retire will be the long-term answer to its budget woes, but even the leader of the committee...
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Stimulus provides $8.7 million to fund summer jobs for area youthsMay 01, 2009 11:00 pm - The unemployment rate for 16- to-19-year-olds hit 21 percent last year, a level not seen for that age group since 1992. This year, a little extra boost from the federal ...
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Increased swine flu precautions in Tri-Cities areaApr 30, 2009 11:00 pm - An increasing level of caution marked activity in the Tri-Cities area Thursday as public events and public places reacted to both new and existing cases of swine flu. Ye...
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St. Charles schools to host suicide summitsApr 30, 2009 11:00 pm - With six student suicides in the past seven years, St. Charles Unit District 303 is turning to the community for help in forming a new approach to reaching out to troubl...
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Kane County hopes to save cash by changing publishing lawApr 29, 2009 11:00 pm - Calling it a "sweetheart deal" of the same ilk many newspapers would decry, Kane County officials pledged to fight for a change in state law that will allow for competit...
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Kane County gains ground on long-term budget helpApr 29, 2009 11:00 pm - A plan that might beef up the payout for unused sick days for sheriff's office employees may provide a solution to some of the long-term budget shortages in Kane County,...
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Kane Co. property tax take growsApr 28, 2009 11:00 pm - Kane County may not be growing as fast as it once was thanks to a slow housing market, but taxing bodies as a whole still will collect more property taxes than they did ...
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Kane County Health Department, drugstores prepare for swine fluApr 28, 2009 11:00 pm - While swine flu poses a minimal health threat similar to other flu strains, Kane County health officials and local drugstores will position themselves to handle increase...
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Oreo competition or daughter's birth? St. Charles man must decideApr 23, 2009 11:00 pm - It's said that little girls are made of sugar and spice and everything nice. If Julianna Grace Kouba is born in the next few days, there's a good chance her dad will be ...
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Kane County eager to receive 'green' stimulus moneyApr 22, 2009 11:00 pm - Kane County recently learned it will receive an additional $2.46 million incentive to encourage "green" initiatives through the federal stimulus package. All the county ...