Articles filed under Politics
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Roselle District 12 tax hike passesMar 15, 2016 1:00 am - Voters in Roselle Elementary District 12 handily approved a property tax increase Tuesday that will cost the owner of a $250,000 home about $500 more a year. With all 1...
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Opposition votes leading Algonquin fire referendumMar 15, 2016 1:00 am - With 27 of 33 precincts reporting late Tuesday, a majority of the counted votes opposed an Algonquin-Lake in the Hills Fire Protection District referendum seeking a prop...
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Images: Presidential candidates on Tuesday nightMar 15, 2016 1:00 am - ...
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Voters narrowly reject proposed Elburn sales tax increaseMar 15, 2016 1:00 am - Elburn residents Tuesday rejected increasing the sales tax on general merchandise by 1 percent. According to unofficial totals with 3 of 3 precincts reporting, 701 peopl...
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Dundee Township voters reject Longmeadow Parkway extensionMar 15, 2016 1:00 am - Dundee Township voters told the Kane County Board to stop construction of the Longmeadow Parkway extension Tuesday. Unofficial results showed 70 percent of voters reject...
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Images: Primary election night in the suburbs of ChicagoMar 15, 2016 1:00 am - See the candidates as well as reaction to local election results in the suburbs of Chicago Tuesday night. ...
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State's attorney's race leads list of hot Northwest Suburban primariesMar 14, 2016 5:30 am - The two Democratic challengers looking to unseat Cook County State's Attorney Anita Alvarez in Tuesday's primary say the county's criminal justice system is broken, but ...
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Images: Ted Cruz in Glen Ellyn MondayMar 14, 2016 1:00 am - See presidential candidate Ted Cruz speak in Glen Ellyn Monday in advance of Tuesday's primary. ...
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Constable: New book aims to give one-armed Civil War general from Illinois his dueMar 13, 2016 7:30 am - By Burt Constable bconstable@dailyherald.com A July Fourth celebration with his family in a cemetery ignited a spark in young James T. Huffstodt. In a corner of the Utic...
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Sanders connects with black voters during Chicago forum with Jesse JacksonMar 12, 2016 12:00 am - With only days until the Illinois primary, Bernie Sanders was in Chicago on Saturday to make a last-minute appeal for support among blacks, a voting bloc that has eluded...