Articles filed under DuPage County Board
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DuPage Convalescent Center celebrating 125 yearsAug 27, 2013 2:27 am - In 1888, a farm in Wheaton was transformed into DuPage County’s Alms House for the indigent. Residents who lived at the so-called “poor farm” worked in cornfields, grew ...
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Group: DuPage County doesn't need higher campaign donation capAug 26, 2013 8:00 am - If DuPage County Board members allow themselves to accept more money from campaign donors doing or seeking county government work, it won't be because an existing cap on...
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DuPage considers ethics revisions allowing bigger campaign donationsAug 20, 2013 2:54 pm - Proposed revisions to DuPage County’s ethics law would allow county board members and the board chairman to accept more campaign donations from companies and consultants...
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DuPage County can pursue proposed stormwater feeAug 14, 2013 10:00 am - Gov. Pat Quinn has signed a new state law giving DuPage County the ability to impose a countywide stormwater utility fee. Still, it could take years for DuPage officials...
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Lombard opposes rezoning for Ken-Loch golf courseAug 09, 2013 5:15 am - Rezoning a golf course site near Lombard to allow multifamily residential development would contradict decades of land-use planning, village officials say. Lombard villa...
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Developer making new push for apartments at Ken-LochAug 07, 2013 5:57 pm - A developer who tried unsuccessfully to convince Lombard officials that a golf course near the village should be transformed into a multifamily residential development n...
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Zaruba: Staff reduction increases overtime costsAug 07, 2013 5:30 am - DuPage Sheriff John Zaruba says he's been forced to spend more money on overtime as a result of a county budget that slashed his department's head count. County official...
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Quinn signs law to help DuPage consolidation effortsAug 02, 2013 12:12 pm - The work to abolish some of DuPage County’s more than 400 taxing bodies now can begin. Gov. Pat Quinn on Friday signed into law legislation giving DuPage the authority t...
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DuPage County Fair looking for ways to improveAug 01, 2013 5:15 am - The question of whether to someday find a new home for the DuPage County Fair won't be answered until officials decide what to do with the existing fairgrounds in Wheato...
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DuPage forest preserve seeks stormwater fee exemptionJul 27, 2013 8:00 am - Official calls on Quinn, governor said to be weighing proposal