Kerry Lester
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Lester: Is there hope for state budget deal? Several suburban lawmakers say noMar 20, 2017 5:30 am - Bipartisan compromise appears to have eluded Illinois, according to suburban lawmakers deflated by the demise of a budget deal. "We're all very concerned that it's dead,...
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Biss announces Democratic bid for governorMar 19, 2017 11:00 pm - State Sen. Daniel Biss threw his hat into the already crowded Illinois governor's race Monday via a Facebook Live message. Biss, an Evanston Democrat who made an unsucc...
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Glen Ellyn school officials, referendum campaign under fire after email releaseMar 16, 2017 5:44 am - Editor's Note: This story has been updated to correct the spelling of Paul Gordon's name. Outcry over the release of hundreds of parents' email addresses has prompt...
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Does GOP use of Elgin Township offices run afoul of ethics ordinance?Mar 09, 2017 4:10 am - A Democratic candidate for Elgin Township supervisor says local Republicans are improperly using a taxpayer-funded building for political purposes, allegations they disp...
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Owners of Burt's Place sought legendary founder's help on pizza recipesMar 06, 2017 4:30 am - Learning deep-dish pizza recipes from the side of a bed at Skokie Hospital wasn't something Jerry Petrow, a former futures trader, ever thought he would be doing. But it...
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Roskam talks taxes at luncheon, skips protestersMar 06, 2017 12:00 am - U.S. Rep. Peter Roskam spoke about tax policy to a lunch crowd at the City Club of Chicago on Monday, then left without speaking to reporters or to constituents who had ...
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Cubs' Anthony Rizzo aids Arlington Heights woman's cancer battleMar 02, 2017 4:00 am - It had been many months since Emily Kmiecik texted with Laurie Rizzo, the mom of Chicago Cubs first baseman Anthony Rizzo and an instrumental figure in her son's success...
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Suburban members of Congress react to Trump's speechFeb 28, 2017 12:00 am - Suburban members of Congress offered a range of reactions Tuesday to President Donald Trump's first address to a joint session of Congress, criticizing his stances on im...
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Crespo seeks to broaden state focus on Latinos beyond ChicagoFeb 23, 2017 4:05 am - As the first suburban Latino caucus co-chairman of the Illinois legislature, state Rep. Fred Crespo of Hoffman Estates knows he has his work cut out for him. The Hoffma...
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Lester: Mom says red hats remind her people care about her baby with heart defectFeb 20, 2017 4:30 am - Micah Anderson of Naperville has spent nearly half of his 17-month-old life - 200 days - in the hospital. Micah, born with a heart defect called Taussig-Bing anomaly, h...