Articles filed under Politics
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Dist. 15 meeting to address board limitations for upcoming referendumAug 24, 2016 1:00 am - The referendum, which will be on the November ballot, will ask voters to approve borrowing $130 million to build two new schools. Thursday's meeting will be held at Jose...
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Fox River fire district to pose tax increase feeler in NovemberAug 23, 2016 5:30 am - Voters accustomed to seeing a tax increase request from the Fox River & Countryside Fire/Rescue District on the ballot will experience déjà vu this November. But this ti...
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After 14-year sentence reaffirmed, Blagojevich appeals againAug 23, 2016 1:00 am - Former Gov. Rod Blagojevich is appealing a federal judge's decision from two weeks ago reaffirming his 14-year sentence for political corruption. The former Democratic g...
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DuPage election agency may impose restrictions on its representativesAug 23, 2016 1:00 am - The DuPage County Election Commission board is considering a policy to restrict the political activity of some representatives of the agency. Chairwoman Cathy Ficker Ter...
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Many donors to Clinton Foundation met with her at StateAug 23, 2016 1:00 am - WASHINGTON - More than half the people outside the government who met with Hillary Clinton while she was secretary of state gave money - either personally or through com...
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The world is getting better at paid maternity leave. The U.S. is not.Aug 21, 2016 7:14 am - When news broke that Ivanka Trump's clothing line doesn't offer workers paid maternity leave, some were surprised. After all, the Republican presidential nominee's daugh...
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Experts compare Trump's, Clinton's cybersecurity policiesAug 21, 2016 7:00 am - Cybersecurity is now a top national security problem — some officials even call it a bigger threat than terrorism. But both major presidential candidates have hit hurdle...
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Trump struggles to fill Chicago tower retail spaceAug 19, 2016 11:00 pm - A yearslong effort by GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump to rent retail space at the base of Trump's namesake tower in Chicago has struggled to find success, accordin...
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Coalition aims to merge three Round Lake-area towns into oneAug 18, 2016 1:00 am - A grass-roots movement is pushing a proposal to merge three Round Lake-area villages into one, creating Lake County's second largest city, organizers announced Thursday....
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Des Plaines health insurance referendum voluntarily withdrawnAug 18, 2016 1:00 am - An advisory referendum on whether Des Plaines elected officials should get health insurance is off the November ballot before it even got on. Wayne Woodworth, principal ...