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After Wirtz proposal in Mundelein, Illinois House passes bill allowing impact fees for new school buildingsApr 10, 2025 9:17 pm - The Illinois House this week approved legislation 113-0 allowing municipalities to impose impact fees to help cover the costs of constructing new school buildings.
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Elk Grove mayor touts data centers as cash cows for local governmentApr 10, 2025 9:10 pm - Elk Grove Village’s mayor on Thursday touted the benefits of data centers, which pay millions in taxes but require few services from local government.
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‘It puts an end to this chapter in Fox Lake’s history’: Gliniewicz widow to get $1 million after settlementApr 10, 2025 7:10 pm - The widow of disgraced late Fox Lake police Lt. Joe Gliniewicz will receive a roughly $1 million settlement resolving a long-running legal fight over survivor’s pension benefits, according to village officials.
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Nearly three-decade old Japanese restaurant has new owner, nameApr 10, 2025 5:48 pm - An established Mount Prospect Japanese restaurant is reopening under a new owner and a new name.
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Retired Schaumburg pastor and Vietnam-era Air Force chaplain dies at 99Apr 10, 2025 5:23 pm - Rev. George J. Kane, the longest-ordained priest in the Archdiocese of Chicago who was founding pastor and pastor emeritus of Church of the Holy Spirit in Schaumburg, died Monday at the age of 99.
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Wheeling police officers call for chief, deputy chief to be removedApr 10, 2025 5:18 pm - Union representatives for the Wheeling Police Department’s patrol officers and sergeants this week publicly demanded two of the agency’s leaders be removed from their posts.
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3 women charged with stealing from Nike store in NapervilleApr 10, 2025 5:06 pm - Three Chicago women have been charged with stealing clothing from the Nike Well Collective store in downtown Naperville.
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Chicago’s A&A Ballet award-winning dancers to perform in ‘Sleeping Beauty’ May 24Apr 10, 2025 4:36 pm - A&A Ballet's upcoming "Sleeping Beauty" stars award-winning young dancers. The prestigious school has prepared over 200 dancers for careers at top companies worldwide.
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With elections behind and budgets ahead, suburbs start enacting grocery taxesApr 10, 2025 4:35 pm - Suburban towns are starting to implement grocery taxes to replace an expiring state tax, with an eye toward preserving revenues they have relied on for years.
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Elgin to continue housing Tent City residents at Lexington Inn until fallApr 10, 2025 4:26 pm - Grant funding from the state will allow Elgin to continue housing former residents of the Tent City homeless encampment at the Lexington Inn & Suites through the fall while the city looks for a permanent housing solution.