Articles filed under County Elections
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DuPage Co. chairman candidates weigh in on water costsAug 22, 2010 11:00 pm - Invoices related to the DuPage Water Commission's financial crisis didn't come only to the agency's headquarters in Elmhurst. Some municipal taxpayers also helped foot a...
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Money not flowing into Lake Co.'s 15th District raceJul 28, 2010 11:00 pm - The three candidates running for the 15th District seat on the Lake County Board haven't exactly been lighting the world on fire when it comes to fundraising. Incumbent ...
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Public funds end up in Lake Co. sheriff's campaign war chestJul 27, 2010 11:00 pm - A $500 contribution from the Lake County Metropolitan Enforcement Group to Sheriff Mark Curran's campaign fund was a mistake, both groups said Tuesday. But Curran's Demo...
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Berrios drops challenge to Claypool's independent runJun 28, 2010 11:00 pm - Cook County Board of Review Commissioner Joseph Berrios dropped his challenge of ballot petitions filed by county Commissioner Forrest Claypool on Monday, setting up a f...
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Claypool to file for independent run as Cook Co. assessorJun 21, 2010 11:00 pm - Cook County Commissioner Forrest Claypool submitted more than three times the required 25,000 petition signatures to get on the ballot as an independent candidate for as...
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Cook Board makes separate health board permanentJun 01, 2010 11:00 pm - The Cook County Board voted overwhelmingly Tuesday to make the independent board overseeing the Health & Hospitals System permanent. The board voted by a seemingly veto-...
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Preckwinkle says no sales tax repeal until 2012, at bestMay 19, 2010 11:00 pm - Chicago Alderman Toni Preckwinkle said Wednesday she will be unable to repeal the sales tax increase she has targeted on the campaign trail until 2012, or later, if elec...
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Cook Co. board fails to topple Stroger veto of hiring freezeMay 18, 2010 11:00 pm - The Cook County Board failed to override President Todd Stroger's veto of a hiring freeze Tuesday when two co-sponsors of the measure abandoned it in the final roll call...
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Stroger vetoes Cook hiring freezeMay 11, 2010 11:00 pm - Cook County Board President Todd Stroger has vetoed a countywide hiring freeze approved in an attempt to rein in his lame-duck spending. The hiring freeze, which also fr...
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Stroger under new scrutiny after top aides get raisesMay 07, 2010 11:00 pm - The hot water surrounding Cook County Board President Todd Stroger got hotter - and deeper - late this week with the discovery he had awarded raises to top aides Jaye Mo...