Articles filed under Referendum
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Mental health referendum in Elgin Township nixed as objector winsAug 31, 2018 1:00 am - A referendum question about funding for mental health services in Elgin Township will not be on the ballot in November, after an electoral board ruled this week in favor...
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Hanover Township seeks tax hike for drug education, youth centerAug 29, 2018 1:00 am - Hanover Township will ask its voters for a property tax hike Nov. 6 that would provide $1 million a year for three specific enhancements to its youth services. Township ...
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Wheeling District 21 holding info sessions on referendumAug 28, 2018 1:00 am - Wheeling Township Elementary District 21 will host three town hall meetings to provide information and answer questions about the Nov. 6 tax increase referendum to fund ...
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Rauner effectively kills bill targeting Lake County chief assessment officerAug 28, 2018 1:00 am - Gov. Bruce Rauner has issued an amendatory veto effectively killing legislation that would have let Lake County voters decide how their chief assessment officer is hired...
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District 205 voters to decide on $168.5 million school construction planAug 21, 2018 5:31 am - Elmhurst Unit District 205 will ask voters this fall for a property tax increase to pay for $168.5 million in construction projects throughout the district, including th...
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Batavia council reverses course, won't put own home-rule question on ballotAug 21, 2018 1:00 am - The Batavia City Council changed its mind from last week and decided Monday against putting an advisory referendum on the ballot. The question, in part, would have asked...
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Glen Ellyn District 89 seeking nearly $400 average property tax increaseAug 21, 2018 1:00 am - An earlier version of this report mistakenly referred to District 41. Glen Ellyn Elementary District 89 will ask voters in November to approve its first operating t...
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District 200 will ask voters to replace Jefferson school after allAug 20, 2018 1:00 am - For the third time in five years, Wheaton Warrenville Unit District 200 voters will decide the fate of a plan to replace the Jefferson Early Childhood Center, but this t...
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Harper College wants to keep tax increase in place to fund $180 million in upgradesAug 17, 2018 5:30 am - Harper College will ask voters on the November ballot to continue a tax increase that's otherwise due to expire, to help fund $180 million in campus upgrades over the ne...
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Batavia group questions why city hasn't put home-rule referendum on ballot yetAug 16, 2018 1:00 am - Which of the two Batavia home-rule referendums will be listed first on the Nov. 6 ballot? Proponents of the binding one, which seeks to take away the city's home-rule po...