Articles filed under Politics
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Back to the 'drawing board' in District 200 after second referendum defeatApr 05, 2017 9:00 pm - Wheaton Warrenville Unit District 200 officials are taking a "step back" to try to determine why voters shot down a funding request for the second time in four years. Mo...
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Why were these four suburban mayors ousted?Apr 05, 2017 1:00 am - Who knows for sure why voters oust someone from office. Perhaps it's just a matter of one person outworking the other. Maybe one ran afoul of the law. Or another might h...
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Tax rejection clouds Fox River & Countryside district's futureApr 04, 2017 7:30 pm - The fate of the Fox River & Countryside Fire/Rescue District appears more tenuous than ever following yet another rejection of a tax increase by its customers Tuesday ni...
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Wauconda voters want Iraq, Afghanistan vets honored at Sept. 11 memorialApr 04, 2017 7:30 pm - Wauconda voters want the village's Heroes of Freedom Memorial to include storyboards about the global war on terrorism and the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. With all pre...
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Kane County Forest District voters OK $50 million tax hike for more open spaceApr 04, 2017 7:30 pm - Kane County voters Tuesday supported the fifth tax increase in the past 18 years for the Kane County Forest Preserve District. The favorable outcome will add $50 million...
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Pingree fire stations turned down by votersApr 04, 2017 7:30 pm - A majority of voters said "no" to two new fire stations in a referendum question in Tuesday's election asking permission to borrow $8.5 million for construction in the P...
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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...