Kerry Lester
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Suburban transplants' dilemma: Flee Florida, or stay?Sep 06, 2017 1:00 am - Rainy Payne and Kim Becker planned to ride out Hurricane Irma in their Fort Myers townhouse, even after the mayor declared a state of emergency. Then, the women - who m...
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What suburban members of Congress say about Trump's DACA decisionSep 05, 2017 1:00 am - Democratic members of Congress from the suburbs were quick Tuesday to denounce President Donald Trump's decision to end an Obama-era program preventing the deportation o...
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Lester: Archdiocese schools could net half of new scholarships created by funding billSep 03, 2017 11:00 pm - Catholic schools in the Chicago Archdiocese could net half the scholarships created by a new tax credit in Illinois' recently passed education funding law, lawmakers tel...
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Lester: Gurnee says no evidence of reported Klan activityAug 31, 2017 5:30 am - A number of the hate groups identified in Illinois by the Southern Poverty Law Center are located in the suburbs, including a Ku Klux Klan group in Gurnee labeled the Ku...
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Lake County woman says $148 million jury award will make her less of a burdenAug 24, 2017 1:00 am - A paralyzed dancer from Lake County said Thursday a $148 million jury award will help her be less of a burden to her caretaker parents. "I feel like I'm a burden on my f...
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Suburban districts to pick up part of new teacher pensions in 2020Aug 17, 2017 5:30 am - A change buried in this year's state budget would require suburban school districts to pick up a portion of costs for teacher pensions beginning in 2020. The state's ne...
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State Rep. Andersson: No room for moderate voices in statehouseAug 17, 2017 1:00 am - The idea to quit, the feeling that he was unwanted and his efforts unappreciated, didn't come overnight for retiring state Rep. Steve Andersson. Instead, the Geneva Repu...
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Cook County soda tax would be banned under new state proposalAug 16, 2017 1:00 am - A Schaumburg state representative has introduced legislation that would prevent counties from taxing soda or sweetened beverages as Cook County has begun to do. Democrat...
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Lester: Suburbs to lose out on hundreds of thousands in sales taxAug 10, 2017 5:30 am - Local suburbs will lose out on tens of thousands of sales tax dollars apiece this year as a result of a new state tax collection fee in the Illinois budget. Illinois...
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On day schools miss regular checks, comptroller sends them $429 millionAug 10, 2017 1:00 am - As the battle over school funding in Illinois wages on, the state comptroller Thursday released $429 million to schools to help with cash flow. Chicago Democrat Susana M...