Articles filed under Kane County Board
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Lauzen rips up reimbursement check, then rips Kane board membersJul 10, 2018 1:00 am - Kane County Board Chairman Chris Lauzen stripped his fellow officials of any chance of embarrassing him with a second vote to deny reimbursement of personal business exp...
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State's attorney says Lauzen can't approve own expensesJul 05, 2018 1:00 am - Three weeks after Kane County Board Chairman Chris Lauzen cast the deciding vote to reimburse personal expenses, State's Attorney Joe McMahon is calling on Lauzen to ret...
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Rules set up possibility Kane County could raise property taxes againJun 28, 2018 1:00 am - Kane County officials debated potential ground rules to form the 2019 budget Wednesday. The rules provide paths for property tax and fee increases as well as a potentia...
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Kane health equity report shows blacks more likely to be unhealthyJun 20, 2018 1:00 am - Black Kane County residents are more likely to be poor, sick and addicted and die younger, according to the first health equity report by the county health department. I...
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Cancer-causing agent found near Cougars' stadium called not alarmingJun 19, 2018 1:00 am - Recent testing revealed a cancer-causing chemical in an irrigation well just east of where the Kane County Cougars play their home games. County officials said there is ...
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Decomposed bodies' odors prompt new calls for new Kane County morgueJun 13, 2018 1:00 am - A sudden influx of decomposed bodies to the Kane County morgue - and their odor - may become the latest driver for a facility upgrade that's been stymied by politics and...
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Longmeadow plan change would mean some risk of tax moneyJun 12, 2018 1:00 am - A change in plans for borrowing $30 million to fund construction of the Longmeadow Parkway would now place some risk on taxpayers. On Tuesday, Kane County Board Chairman...
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Striking Kane County workers challenge Lauzen to end walkoutJun 06, 2018 1:00 am - In what they described as an appeal for someone, anyone, to help end their need to strike, about two dozen Kane County probation officers and youth counselors carried pi...
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Feds may help Kane County in battle against opioidsJun 01, 2018 1:00 am - Kane County has a new ally in its efforts to address the growing problem of opioid overdose deaths: the federal government. Doug O'Brien, regional director for the U.S....
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'Lied to': Kane County Board majority sticks with Blue CrossMay 29, 2018 1:00 am - Citing lies and a "culture of disrespect" laced into a push to dump Blue Cross and Blue Shield as the health insurance provider for Kane County employees, board members ...