Articles filed under Politics
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District 59 bond question officially put on March ballotSep 12, 2017 1:00 am - Voters will decide whether Elk Grove Township District 59 can borrow up to $20 million. The school board voted unanimously Monday against halting plans to issue bonds, ...
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Kane County state's attorney opposed to legalized marijuanaSep 12, 2017 1:00 am - First it was Colorado and Washington, then Alaska and Oregon. Last November, voters in California, Nevada, Massachusetts and Maine all signed off on legalizing marijuana...
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Cook County soda tax repeal vote could be delayedSep 12, 2017 1:00 am - A motion to repeal Cook County's controversial sweetened beverage tax could be introduced on Wednesday, but there's no guarantee the measure will come up for a vote anyt...
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First 'Apprentice' Bill Rancic talks Trump, TV, tenacity in SchaumburgSep 12, 2017 1:00 am - Bill Rancic, the first winner of Donald Trump's “The Apprentice,” shared his insights on success and failure as an entrepreneur, how reality TV changed his life, and his...
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State Rep. Sente says she won't seek re-electionSep 12, 2017 12:01 am - Democratic state Rep. Carol Sente is the latest in a long string of moderate suburban lawmakers to leave office. She will not seek another term in 2018, she told the Dai...
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Poetry prize winner credits Fremd teachers for encouraging love of writingSep 11, 2017 5:30 am - Rolling Meadows native Faisal Mohyuddin — the recipient of a leading United Kingdom poetry book prize — says he'll “for the rest of my life be grateful” to his former En...
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Naperville candidate ends campaign for 6th Congressional DistrictSep 11, 2017 1:00 am - The logjam of Democrats competing to run for the congressional seat occupied by Republican Rep. Peter Roskam decreased by one after Suzyn Price of Naperville ended her c...
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Congress paves the way for more self-driving carsSep 09, 2017 7:15 am - Thousands of self-driving cars are now that much closer to hitting the streets as House lawmakers approved a bill Wednesday to expand companies' ability to test the next...
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Rauner plans $6 billion borrowing to cut backlogSep 08, 2017 1:00 am - Gov. Bruce Rauner plans to sell $6 billion of bonds to chip away at a $15 billion bill backlog, which would mark the Illinois' largest borrowing in more than 14 years. I...
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Lester: Cubs anthem singer performs 1-man play of hero priest Fr. DamienSep 07, 2017 5:30 am - Chicago Cubs national anthem singer Wayne Messmer says his road to starring in a one-man show about a priest in Hawaii began with some lessons from Franciscan nuns when ...