Kerry Lester
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Lester: Tiny St. Thomas girls cross-country team defies oddsOct 31, 2016 5:40 am - It's not, as Mark Twain once said, the size of the dog in the fight, but the size of the fight in the dog. The girls cross country team from tiny St. Thomas of Villanov...
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Pension board votes to suspend Hastert's $28,000 pensionOct 28, 2016 1:00 am - Former U.S. House Speaker Dennis Hastert will continue to forgo his $28,000 a year pension from his years as an Illinois lawmaker. The board governing the pension system...
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While Trump was in Ohio, Kasich headed to suburbs for DoldOct 27, 2016 1:00 am - Donald Trump was in the swing state of Ohio Thursday campaigning for president. But Ohio's Republican governor, John Kasich, was in the northern suburbs, making a pitch ...
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Top Box Foods' expansion in Lake County aims to make quality foods affordable for allOct 26, 2016 6:00 am - For Sheila Berner Kennedy and her husband, Chris, the idea for their nonprofit, Top Box Foods, formed like a synapse. One of the couple's experiences formed a bridge to ...
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Proft: Without suburbs, GOP will never regain majority in IllinoisOct 26, 2016 1:00 am - Wheaton native Dan Proft has emerged as a key behind-the-scenes player in Illinois politics as the head of Liberty Principles PAC, a political action committee funneling...
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Fans toasting Cubs at Harry Caray's grave in Des PlainesOct 26, 2016 1:00 am - Cubs fans are finding an excuse to celebrate their first World Series berth since 1945 just about anywhere. Even cemeteries. After I ran into Elgin Area School District ...
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Race between Duckworth, Kirk key to determining Senate controlOct 25, 2016 1:00 am - Freshman Republican Sen. Mark Kirk and Democratic U.S. Rep. Tammy Duckworth are squaring off a nationally watched race that will help decide which political party has co...
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Lester: PAC leader says gridlock has eroded GOP support of abortion rightsOct 24, 2016 5:30 am - There was a time when Personal PAC, the women's reproductive rights political action committee, included 17 Republicans in the Illinois House and six in the Senate among...
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Lester: Cubs loss sad but not 'heartbreaking,' say moms who know the differenceOct 19, 2016 1:00 am - As college sorority sisters and former neighbors, Barb Tsutsumi of Arlington Heights, Kathy Volz of Elgin and Sherry Sichak of Naperville have been close friends for yea...
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Rauner to sign executive order on regulations at COD MondayOct 16, 2016 7:00 pm - Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner plans to sign an executive order Monday at the College of DuPage that's aimed at cutting bureaucratic red tape. Staff from the Winnetka Rep...