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After Elk Grove robocalls, pro-Johnson group plans 'old school' response
Jan 21, 2020 5:10 AM - After months of robocalls, mailings and even a digital billboard truck urging Elk Grove Village voters to back an upcoming referendum on municipal term limits, allies of Mayor Craig Johnson are starting to mount their campaign in response. -
Term limits, school upgrades among Northwest suburban ballot questions
Jan 20, 2020 5:30 AM - A binding Elk Grove Village retroactive term limits question -- if it survives remaining legal challenges -- is among the queries voters in the Northwest suburbs will consider when they go to the polls March 17. -
School projects, street repairs on Lake County primary ballot
Jan 20, 2020 5:30 AM - School and fire station building projects and a new sales tax are among the questions facing some Lake County voters on the primary ballot. -
Meetings set on Libertyville sales tax referendumJan 16, 2020 5:35 PM - Libertyville officials will host town-hall meetings on a non-home rule sales tax question on the March 17 primary ballot.
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Judge rules term limits law unconstitutional in Elk Grove case
Jan 15, 2020 9:19 PM - A Cook County judge Wednesday ruled a new state law barring retroactive municipal term limits unconstitutional, giving hope to supporters of an Elk Grove Village proposal that seeks to oust longtime Mayor Craig Johnson and other board members. -
Barrington 220 hosting community meetings on upcoming $147 million referendumJan 15, 2020 1:51 PM - The Barrington Unit District 220 school board will hold five community information meetings and three open houses in coming weeks to inform the community about the school district referendum question on the March 17 primary election ballot.
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Decision on Elk Grove term limits referendum delayed
Jan 13, 2020 4:19 PM - Legal arguments over one of two objections against an Elk Grove Village term limits referendum were heard by a Cook County judge Monday, but a decision was delayed until at least Wednesday. -
Objection to Elk Grove Village referendum question heads to court
Jan 4, 2020 7:12 PM - The fate of a March 17 term-limits referendum in Elk Grove Village now rests in the hands of the court. After nearly four hours of oral arguments Saturday, Elk Grove Village's electoral board gave a divided ruling on a second objection to the referendum question, leaving it up to a higher authority. -
Lake Villa District 41 streamlines its loan pitch to voters
Jan 3, 2020 5:20 AM - Officials in Lake Villa Elementary District 41 have greatly reduced the amount it will be asking of voters in the March primary election to fund school building projects. -
Elk Grove panel defers to court on one referendum objection
Dec 23, 2019 6:40 PM - Elk Grove Village's electoral board Monday agreed that one objection against a March 17 term-limits referendum is in the hands of the court, but set a hearing for Saturday, Jan. 4 for oral arguments on a second objection.
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