Articles filed under Politics
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Fox River and Countryside fire chief after rejected tax hike: 'Where do we go from here?'Nov 07, 2018 12:00 am - The Fox River and Countryside Fire/Rescue District's request for a property tax increase has failed yet again, leaving Chief John Nixon and the fire board facing what ha...
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Blackberry Township road tax increase shot downNov 07, 2018 12:00 am - For the fifth time in 14 years, Blackberry Township voters rejected a proposal Tuesday to hike taxes to fix and maintain township roads. With all precincts reporting, th...
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Don't let midterm madness blot out memory of KhashoggiNov 07, 2018 12:00 am - The midterm elections are finally over, more or less, and we got what we got - Donald Trump is still president. Sorry, but someone had to say it. Now back to the cold r...
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Underwood pledges a pro-woman agenda and a fight in CongressNov 07, 2018 12:00 am - As Naperville's Lauren Underwood approached the lectern Tuesday night to make her victory speech in the hotly contested 14th Congressional District, she looked into the ...
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The historic firsts of the 2018 midtermsNov 07, 2018 12:00 am - The results of the 2018 midterm election ushered in one of the most diverse groups of politicians in American history, bringing in a wave of governors, senators and repr...
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How activism, health care concerns pushed Casten to CongressNov 07, 2018 12:00 am - Editor's note: This article has been updated to correct the spelling of the name of Reid McCollum with the Coalition for a Better Illinois 6th. Democratic Rep.-elec...
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Democratic women make unprecedented gains in DuPage CountyNov 07, 2018 12:00 am - DuPage County Democrats longed for it. DuPage Republicans feared it. When it finally came Tuesday, it wasn't so much a blue wave that swept down the DuPage ballot as it ...
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How DuPage County school districts won major referendum campaignsNov 07, 2018 12:00 am - DuPage County school districts were big winners Tuesday. On its third try, Wheaton Warrenville Unit District 200 won approval to replace the Jefferson Early Childhood Ce...
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Batavia Public Library District tax hike narrowly approvedNov 07, 2018 12:00 am - The Batavia Library District has won its request for a tax increase, which it characterized as more of a tax continuation. Voters narrowly approved increasing the tax wi...
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Pelosi poised to retake speaker's gavel with no clear challengerNov 07, 2018 12:00 am - Nancy Pelosi is poised to take back the House speaker's gavel with the new Democratic majority, rebounding as the face of her party in a political "year of the woman" as...