Articles filed under Municipal Elections
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Hoffman Estates approves three advisory referendums for March 2020 ballotJul 23, 2019 1:00 am - Hoffman Estates village board members have unanimously approved three advisory referendums for the March 17, 2020, ballot - the maximum any Illinois government body can ...
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Term limit push in Elk Grove Village could end mayor's long runJul 10, 2019 5:33 am - Organizers of a weekend petition drive in Elk Grove Village say they collected 2½ times the number of signatures needed to get a question on the March 2020 primary elect...
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Months after election, battle for Buffalo Grove board seat being waged in courtJul 09, 2019 1:00 am - More than three months after voters cast their ballots at the polls, the race for a Buffalo Grove village trustee seat is still being contested in the courts. Soojae Lee...
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Editorial: More elections are not the answerJun 19, 2019 11:00 pm - John D'Astice is a good man with a bad idea. D'Astice, a Rolling Meadows alderman, lost the race for Rolling Meadows mayor in April, finishing second among four candidat...
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Runner-up in Rolling Meadows mayoral race wants a primary next timeJun 19, 2019 1:00 am - On the heels of a contentious four-way mayoral election in Rolling Meadows, the second-place finisher has proposed a referendum to establish a city primary election, in ...
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Former Elk Grove police chief sworn in as trusteeMay 29, 2019 1:00 am - Former Elk Grove Village Police Chief Stephen Schmidt was sworn in as a village trustee this week, filling what was the first open seat on the village board in more than...
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Lee seeks recount in Buffalo Grove trustee April electionMay 24, 2019 1:00 am - Soojae Lee, who finished out of the running for Buffalo Grove trustee by two votes, is filing for a full recount. Lee's action, which will be heard in Cook and Lake coun...
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Why Lori Lightfoot might succeed at passing historic Chicago police reformsMay 20, 2019 1:00 am - Lori Lightfoot will have a powerful ally after she's sworn in Monday as Chicago mayor in seeking to fulfill a campaign promise to overhaul the Police Department in the n...
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Lightfoot promises 'reform is here' as she becomes Chicago's 56th mayorMay 20, 2019 1:00 am - Lori Lightfoot, who ran for Chicago's top job as a first-time reform candidate with few ties to the city's entrenched political structure, was sworn in as its 56th mayor...
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Two new trustees join Mundelein village boardMay 16, 2019 1:00 am - Mundelein's newest village trustees, Erich Schwenk and Kara Lambert, took office this week. Schwenk and Lambert recited their oaths of office with help from Lake County ...