Articles filed under Kane County Board
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Lauzen urges cuts to cover Kane County's projected $6 million shortfallAug 03, 2017 1:00 am - Kane County officials Thursday pined for the days balancing the budget didn't involve raising the property tax levy. But increasing costs, dwindling revenue and recent p...
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Kane considering lawsuit against opioid drug manufacturersAug 02, 2017 1:00 am - With Kane County on pace to match or surpass the record number of opioid drug deaths last year, officials prepared to join the growing number of local governments suing ...
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Official: Fewer traffic tickets contribute to Kane County budget deficitJul 26, 2017 5:45 am - With an income shortfall in the circuit court clerk's office being the largest driver of Kane County's looming $6 million deficit for 2018, Tom Hartwell implicated a maj...
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Kane Co. sheriff helps trim deficit; Lauzen calls for same from othersJul 25, 2017 11:00 pm - Kane County Sheriff Don Kramer's decision to leave vacant positions unfilled will help close the county's midyear budget deficit. It also prompted a warning from county...
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Kane County might raid transportation funds to fix budget deficitsJul 20, 2017 1:00 am - As Kane County officials whittled down a midyear budget deficit Thursday, the sticker shock of a much larger financial problem in 2018 fueled consideration of a fund rai...
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Cable TV upstart wants to bring fiber optic service to Kane CountyJul 18, 2017 1:00 am - A new TV, internet and phone service provider is coming to Kane County, along with some wins for local taxpayers. Indiana-based MetroNet Inc. met with Kane County offic...
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Kane chairman, coroner relationship may be improvingJul 17, 2017 1:00 am - The first tangible sign of a cordial relationship between Kane County Board Chairman Chris Lauzen and Coroner Rob Russell may come etched in the cornerstone of a new fac...
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Kane County poised to reaffirm support for video gamblingJul 12, 2017 1:00 am - With some Kane County Board members calling video gambling an "insidious" practice, members of a committee nonetheless voted Wednesday to keep it legal in the unincorpor...
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Roosters now illegal in most of Kane CountyJul 11, 2017 1:00 am - Celebrations at the end of January marked the beginning of the Year of the Rooster in Chinese culture. But in Kane County, 2017 will commemorate the end of roosters, as ...
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Kane deficit shrinks, but circuit clerk backlog still a problemJun 28, 2017 1:00 am - Kane County's budget deficit shrunk by more than $1 million Wednesday, at least on paper, in large part thanks to a promise by Sheriff Don Kramer that his office will fi...