Articles filed under Politics
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Endorsement: Antioch ambulance service: YesMar 20, 2015 1:00 am - New taxes are never an easy sell, but extra care must be taken by voters when deciding ballot issues that involve public safety. Such is the case when voters in Antioch ...
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Endorsements: Yes on Fox Lake FPD referendumMar 20, 2015 1:00 am - With a small staff of professional firefighters and decreasing reserves of qualified volunteers, the Fox Lake Fire Protection District has reason to worry about how well...
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Conservative push to back Rauner agenda on tap in suburbsMar 19, 2015 1:00 am - As the Springfield budget battle brews, conservatives are planning to put the pressure on in the suburbs. Americans for Prosperity, a national conservative organization ...
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Endorsements: No on Sleepy Hollow property tax increaseMar 19, 2015 1:00 am - Mike Tennis is a member of the village finance committee. Sorry, we're having a tough time figuring out what has changed in Sleepy Hollow since last fall when vote...
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Chief justice: Rauner budget would end probation for 47,000Mar 19, 2015 1:00 am - A previous version of this story incorrectly stated the number of people who would go without probation. The correct number is 47,000 Illinois Supreme Court Chief J...
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Farnham joins list of Illinois politicians sentenced to prisonMar 19, 2015 1:00 am - Former state Rep. Keith Farnham's federal sentence Thursday puts him in a long line of state officials who have been sent to prison, though for a far different reason. T...
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Rauner meeting leaves Tri-Cities mayors feeling better about income tax fund lossMar 19, 2015 1:00 am - Tri-Cities leaders and Campton Hills Village President Patsy Smith walked into a meeting with Gov. Bruce Rauner on Thursday morning filled with trepidation about possibl...
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Endorsement: 'Yes' to reduce size of Elk Grove fire district boardMar 18, 2015 1:00 am - It's never easy to predict the mind of voters. That's why we have the elections, right? But a tax-saving proposal with almost no material impact on the daily life of the...
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Endorsement: 'Yes' on West Aurora School Dist. 129 building planMar 18, 2015 1:00 am - There's good debt and there's bad debt, and some people might think a school district wanting to borrow $84.2 million - as West Aurora School District 129 wants to do fo...
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4 things to know about Schock resignation, special electionMar 18, 2015 1:00 am - PEORIA, Ill. (AP) - U.S. Rep. Aaron Schock's surprise announcement Tuesday that he'll resign his seat set off a new round of questions about what happens next for the Pe...