Kerry Lester
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Illinois official to testify about Russian election hackingJun 20, 2017 1:00 am - The head of the Illinois State Board of Elections will testify before the U.S. Senate Intelligence Committee Wednesday in Washington about how suburban voter information...
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Skokie natives recall 1977 neo-Nazi marchJun 19, 2017 5:30 am - Forty years ago, Anita Silvert and James Sherman were young college graduates watching as their hometown of Skokie made international headlines. This summer, they're rel...
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After protesters gather, Rauner skips Republican fundraiserJun 19, 2017 1:00 am - Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner Monday pulled out of a Rosemont fundraiser for the state party where he was billed as a “special guest” after busloads of protesters unhappy...
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Competitive eaters in training down watermelon in LibertyvilleJun 18, 2017 1:00 am - The next Joey "Jaws" Chestnut could have been among the dozens of suburban kids who lined up Sunday for the Kiwanis Club's annual watermelon-eating contest at Libertyvil...
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Cullerton: No stopgap budget will pass SenateJun 15, 2017 1:00 am - Illinois Senate President John Cullerton told the Daily Herald Thursday that his Democratic-led chamber won't approve any stopgap spending this year in lieu of a full bu...
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Illinois' Davis was in batter's box when congressional shooting happenedJun 14, 2017 1:00 am - Illinois congressman Rodney Davis was in the batter's box on a YMCA ballfield in Virginia early Wednesday when shots rang out from the third-base side of the field. Fir...
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Lester: Senators accuse Arlington Heights group of spreading faulty climate change infoJun 12, 2017 5:30 am - Four Democratic U.S. senators are taking aim at the Arlington Heights-based Heartland Institute, which sent more than 200,000 teachers across the country a book and CD c...
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Lester: Wheaton Cold War bunker to be razed this monthJun 08, 2017 5:12 am - As U.S. relations with Russia are once again front-page news, DuPage County officials tell me they're preparing to demolish a Wheaton Cold War bunker in the coming days....
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Drury joins crowded Democratic primary field for governorJun 06, 2017 1:00 am - Democratic state Rep. Scott Drury on Tuesday became the latest suburbanite to throw his name into an already crowded Democratic primary field for governor. Drury, a form...
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Lester: Suburban police support pension law, but insulted by languageJun 05, 2017 5:30 am - Suburban police chiefs don't oppose a law that would make them ineligible for a second pension, but they don't like the term “double-dipping.” Oak Brook Police Chief Jam...