Articles filed under Politics
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Voters say 'no' to Pingree Grove fire referendumNov 06, 2018 6:00 pm - For the third consecutive time voters rejected a request from the Pingree Grove & Countryside Fire District to approve borrowing $8.5 million to replace two of its three...
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Pritzker, Rauner raised $255 million. Here's what they could have spent that money on.Nov 06, 2018 4:30 am - Election Day is finally here. That means no more vile and insulting television commercials, no more unrelenting political robocalls, and no more unsightly clutter of cam...
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How you can follow the midterm election results tonightNov 06, 2018 12:00 am - The contest for control of Congress will come down to the outcomes in as many as 70 House and 11 Senate races spread across time zones from Maine to Alaska. Polls in the...
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Pritzker elected Illinois governor over GOP incumbent RaunerNov 06, 2018 12:00 am - CHICAGO - Democrat J.B. Pritzker, a billionaire who campaigned on moving Illinois past the political bitterness of the past four years, was elected governor Tuesday over...
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Cake walk: Nearly half of Illinois House candidates face no opponentNov 06, 2018 12:00 am - By Austin Berg Guest columnist There are 118 seats in the Illinois House of Representatives. But before a single vote is cast on Election Day, nearly half of those seats...
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Hanover Park Park District tax increase defeatedNov 06, 2018 12:00 am - Hanover Park residents on Tuesday resoundingly rejected the first tax increase in Hanover Park Park District history. Park district officials asked for the tax hike to ...
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Elk Grove Rural Fire Protection District board to remain same sizeNov 06, 2018 12:00 am - Voters in the Elk Grove Rural Fire Protection District have again refused to trim the size of the district's governing board to five members from seven. According to uno...
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South Barrington Park District gets thumbs down on selling 34 acresNov 06, 2018 12:00 am - Voters Tuesday gave a thumbs down to the South Barrington Park District's request for permission to sell 34 acres of land that officials say are not needed. With all fou...
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Rep. Steve King says he hopes Supreme Court Justices Sotomayor and Kagan 'will elope to Cuba'Nov 06, 2018 12:00 am - WASHINGTON - Hours before he was set to appear with Iowa's governor in an election-eve rally, Rep. Steve King, R-Iowa, said Monday that he hopes Supreme Court Justices E...
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Round Lake Heights voters say no to funding proposed water systemNov 05, 2018 10:00 pm - Voters narrowly rejected the borrowing of $2.7 million to enable Round Lake Heights to develop its own water system, according to unofficial results. With 616 votes coun...