Madhu Krishnamurthy
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Big Bend Lake expansion redesign plans may soon be unveiledFeb 05, 2010 10:00 pm - Newly redesigned plans for the Big Bend Lake Reservoir expansion may soon be unveiled by federal authorities, a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers spokesman said Friday. The A...
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Des Plaines freezes salaries for some employeesFeb 04, 2010 10:00 pm - Roughly 25 to 30 Des Plaines nonunion, nonmanagement employees will not receive a pay raise this year. The Des Plaines city council voted 7-0 not to give what would have...
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Des Plaines casino ethics ordinance languishesFeb 04, 2010 10:00 pm - Des Plaines is yet to adopt an ethics ordinance prohibiting elected officials and city employees from interfering with the proposed casino's hiring or contractor selecti...
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Des Plaines sanctions cost-sharing for drainage programFeb 02, 2010 10:00 pm - The Des Plaines city council this week approved the first reading of an ordinance to establish a 75 percent/25 percent cost-sharing with residents for the rear-yard drai...
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District 207 approves $15 million in cuts, lays off 137 employeesFeb 01, 2010 10:00 pm - The Maine Township High School District 207 school board unanimously approved $15 million in cuts Monday night, laying off 137 employees, including 75 teachers, by year'...
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How District 207's budget crisis came aboutJan 31, 2010 10:00 pm - With the vote to cut 137 Maine Township High School District 207 teachers and employees looming today, the factors that led a district once lauded for its financial solv...
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Elk Grove Village explores fix for Salt Creek floodingJan 30, 2010 10:00 pm - Elk Grove Village will investigate whether lowering the level of Busse Lake before heavy rainstorms, or even dredging it, would alleviate flooding along Salt Creek in Co...
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9th Congressional Greens: Get U.S. out of Middle EastJan 30, 2010 10:00 pm - If there's one issue Green party candidates Morris Shanfield and Simon Ribeiro agree on, it's that the government should pull U.S. troops out of Iraq and Afghanistan imm...
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District 207 offers teachers a compromise optionJan 29, 2010 10:00 pm - Maine Township High School District 207's administration is offering its teachers union a last-minute deal to save roughly 40 to 45 teaching jobs, officials said Friday....
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Des Plaines man arrested in apartment bombingJan 28, 2010 10:00 pm - Des Plaines police this week arrested a 33-year-old man responsible for setting off an explosive device that injured three men at a Des Plaines apartment complex on Jan....