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Kane County Board
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Study: Kane sheriff's proposed drug treatment facility would turn profit
Jun 13, 2019 7:01 PM - A new report indicates Kane County Sheriff Ron Hain's plan to create a drug treatment facility connected to his office could help address local addiction problems and turn a profit for the county. -
Kane County Board committee votes to keep $240,000 taxpayer-funded perkJun 12, 2019 6:44 PM - After months of discussion about Kane County Board members being the only part-time employees in the county who receive full health and dental insurance benefits, a board committee indefinitely tabled debate about ending those benefits Wednesday. The move prevents a politically perilous up-or-down, on-the-record vote on the perk. The vast majority of the board takes advantage of the benefits package.
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Pending Kane County attendance policy highlights board member who's also a state rep
Jun 6, 2019 4:55 PM - Kane County Board members will vote on a board conduct policy next week that will put an additional spotlight on member Barbara Hernandez, who has missed meetings since being appointed to the Illinois House. -
No state funds for Longmeadow Parkway leaves Lauzen fuming
Jun 5, 2019 4:27 PM - Kane County officials received no money from the state in the final budget to help prevent the need for a toll bridge to complete the Longmeadow Parkway project. County board Chairman Chris Lauzen blasted local Democratic state lawmakers for not coming through. -
Kane County joins municipalities protesting IMRF investment strategy
May 30, 2019 4:24 PM - Kane County officials blasted the executive director of IMRF this week for a decision the pension managers made to lower the expected rate of investment returns. This means local governments must contribute more money to pensions to maintain proper funding levels. -
Kane County using $2.3M grant to become hub for social, mental health servicesMay 16, 2019 5:34 PM - Kane County has received a $2.3 million grant to work on creating a better network and collaboration of mental health service providers during the next seven years. The goal is to do a better job of identifying people with mental health needs and pairing them with actual services.
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East Aurora High will get full-time sheriff's deputyMay 10, 2019 12:22 PM - Kane County Sheriff Ron Hain announced an agreement Thursday that will place one of his deputies at East Aurora High School as a school resource officer for the first time.
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Spat between Lauzen, McMahon may delay Kane County employee raises
May 2, 2019 10:06 AM - Details in two pending union contract deals labeled ambiguous by Kane County Board Chairman Chris Lauzen could delay raises for corrections officers and coroner's staff members by another month. -
Survey shows worsening mental health, increased illicit drug use in Kane County
Apr 19, 2019 5:36 AM - New data showing big jumps in Kane County residents self-reporting fair-to-poor mental health and illicit drug use may help fuel a new push for county-level oversight of mental health services and funding. The data showed the problems are especially bad on the north end of the county, which does not have the same funding support for mental health services as the central and southern ends. -
Plan to build new Kane County morgue signals end to political feud
Apr 11, 2019 1:00 AM - Kane County is poised to borrow $10 million to build a new coroner's facility, ending a long-running political feud.
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