Kerry Lester
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Uncertain future on the Arlington Park backstretchSep 18, 2011 12:00 am - Horse racing represents all Dee Poulos knows and loves. An Arlington Park mainstay for 38 years, the Palatine woman and former Northwest Suburban High School District 21...
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Wheeling Twp. trustee loses bid to become GOP chairSep 16, 2011 12:00 am - In a backroom of a Chicago Greek restaurant, Cook County GOP officials elected a South suburban highway commissioner over a Wheeling Township trustee as party chair Thur...
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Preckwinkle: Sales tax repeal a step in right directionSep 14, 2011 12:00 am - A partial rollback of the controversial penny-on-the-dollar county sales tax is expected to cost Cook County $53 million in revenues next year, board President Toni Prec...
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Dold files payroll tax relief billSep 12, 2011 12:00 am - Tenth District Congressman Robert Dold has filed legislation that would provide payroll tax relief to businesses that hire long-term unemployed workers. The Kenilworth ...
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Bensenville businessman showcased at Obama jobs talkSep 08, 2011 12:00 am - A week after Congressman Peter Roskam toured Chicago White Metal Casting in Bensenville, company President and CEO Eric Treiber got a mysterious email from the Wheaton R...
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Kirk: Republicans must “respect the office” and listen to President's messageSep 06, 2011 12:00 am - In a subtle dig at another suburban lawmaker who announced plans last week to skip President Barack Obama's upcoming jobs speech before a joint session of Congress, Sen....
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Connelly calls state Senate bid surprise developmentSep 06, 2011 12:00 am - Looking at the newly drawn legislative map, state Rep. Mike Connelly says he gauged the 21st state Senate seat — which includes large swathes of Naperville, Wheaton, Car...
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Kirk: U.S. should rethink aid to PakistanSep 06, 2011 12:00 am - Giving U.S. aid to Pakistan is “naive at best and counterproductive at worst” and should be re-examined with an eye toward possible elimination, Sen. Mark Kirk said Tues...
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Hultgren, Walsh lay groundwork for primary matchupSep 05, 2011 12:00 am - At a recent town hall meeting in Geneva, 14th District Congressman Randy Hultgren bounced on the balls of his feet as he gently urged a need for spending restraint and t...
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Roskam: Job growth tied to cutting regulationsAug 30, 2011 12:00 am - House Chief Deputy Whip Peter Roskam gave the suburbs a preview Tuesday of the GOP's anti-regulatory agenda that will be pushed in Washington, D.C., when Congress resume...