Marni Pyke
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DuPage County to huddle again on budgetNov 16, 2007 10:00 pm - After weeks of drama over the so-called doomsday budget, DuPage County leaders will gather Monday at noon to try to resolve their differences. Board members voted Thursd...
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DuPage County sales tax hike up to votersNov 15, 2007 10:00 pm - In a short but far from sweet meeting Thursday, DuPage County Board members agreed to let the public vote on a quarter-cent sales tax increase to fund public safety in t...
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Illinois getting greener, with an eye toward goldNov 14, 2007 10:00 pm - It's not a "gold star" state yet but a national environmental group is recognizing Illinois for efforts to reduce energy consumption. Environment America, a federation o...
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DuPage estate lands preservation grantNov 14, 2007 10:00 pm - Coal baron Francis Stuyvesant Peabody wanted to emulate the past when he built his Tudor-style mansion in Oak Brook back in 1919. Frank Lloyd Wright wanted to create a r...
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DuPage employees rally for a tax hikeNov 13, 2007 10:00 pm - Momentum is growing for asking voters Feb. 5 to approve a sales tax-increase to ease DuPage County's budget crisis. That momentum received a push Tuesday by more than 15...
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150 workers lobby for DuPage Co. to hike sales tax for public safetyNov 12, 2007 10:00 pm - Prosecutors, sheriff's police and probation officers mostly populated a crowd of more than 150 at the DuPage County government complex today to protest budget cuts. The...
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DuPage Co. board gets serious on revenueNov 09, 2007 10:00 pm - The resolution of DuPage County's budget crisis could ultimately rest with people who walk into the voting booth Feb. 5. County board members Friday considered holding a...
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Budget battle looms as decision nearsNov 06, 2007 10:00 pm - An special session of the DuPage County Board expected to take place Friday afternoon to discuss the budget crisis could include some fireworks. The board is grappling w...
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Roskam's first year in D.C.Nov 06, 2007 10:00 pm - WASHINGTON, D.C. -- It's 10 a.m., and inside the Beltway the talk is of Iran, Cuba and the mortgage financing debacle. But freshman U.S. Rep. Peter Roskam is focusing o...
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What do colleagues think of Roskam?Nov 06, 2007 10:00 pm - As expected for someone with strong views, there's few lukewarm opinions on Peter Roskam. The conservative Republican from Wheaton was elected to Congress one year ago a...