Articles filed under Politics
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District 94 voters approve high school repairs, improvementsApr 04, 2017 7:30 pm - Voters in West Chicago High School District 94 have approved a plan for the district to borrow $37.5 million to renovate its high school and add classrooms. With all 38 ...
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Voters approve merger of Naperville, Lisle township road districtsApr 04, 2017 7:30 pm - Residents in Naperville and Lisle townships voted Tuesday to combine their road districts into a single unit of government. Final unofficial vote totals show the merger...
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By 11-vote margin, Glen Ellyn District 41 borrowing request appears to passApr 04, 2017 7:00 pm - Glen Ellyn Elementary District 41 voters appear to narrowly support a $24.2 million borrowing request that would pay for a classroom addition at Hadley Junior High and b...
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Constable: Can rape victim stay in U.S.?Apr 04, 2017 5:15 am - Raped as a toddler in Mexico, and again as a little girl growing up in DuPage County, this smiling 22-year-old mother strolling through Byron Park in Addison with her tw...
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Benjamin voters approve tax increase for capital projectsApr 03, 2017 11:00 pm - Benjamin Elementary District 25 voters have given the district permission to borrow $4.9 million to pursue a list of capital projects, including upgrading science labs a...
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Wheaton Warrenville District 200's $132M request defeatedApr 03, 2017 11:00 pm - Wheaton Warrenville Unit District 200 voters on Tuesday rejected a request to borrow $132.5 million to pay for building projects at all of its campuses except Hubble Mid...
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Are there enough candidates to do the job in your town?Apr 03, 2017 5:30 am - Editor's note: Second of three parts Michael Reich isn't seeking re-election to the Queen Bee Elementary District 16 school board on Tuesday, and yet he might wind ...
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Durbin, Duckworth to join Gorsuch filibusterApr 03, 2017 1:00 am - Illinois' two senators are among Democrats who plan to filibuster Neil Gorsuch's nomination to the U.S. Supreme Court. U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin of Springfield, a member of ...
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Editorial: Voter apathy shows need to consolidate governmentApr 02, 2017 2:00 pm - We arrive Tuesday at Election Day 2017, the less glorious kind of election day - not the national one with its pomp and circumstance, but the afterthought, the one about...
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Congress caught between banks, retailers on debit-card feesApr 02, 2017 7:18 am - Congressional Republicans are eager to overhaul the Dodd-Frank financial law. One part, however, they wouldn't mind putting off. That's the provision that limits how muc...