Articles filed under Referendum
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Rauner effectively kills bill targeting Lake County chief assessment officerAug 28, 2018 1:00 am - Gov. Bruce Rauner has issued an amendatory veto effectively killing legislation that would have let Lake County voters decide how their chief assessment officer is hired...
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District 205 voters to decide on $168.5 million school construction planAug 21, 2018 5:31 am - Elmhurst Unit District 205 will ask voters this fall for a property tax increase to pay for $168.5 million in construction projects throughout the district, including th...
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Batavia council reverses course, won't put own home-rule question on ballotAug 21, 2018 1:00 am - The Batavia City Council changed its mind from last week and decided Monday against putting an advisory referendum on the ballot. The question, in part, would have asked...
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Glen Ellyn District 89 seeking nearly $400 average property tax increaseAug 21, 2018 1:00 am - An earlier version of this report mistakenly referred to District 41. Glen Ellyn Elementary District 89 will ask voters in November to approve its first operating t...
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District 200 will ask voters to replace Jefferson school after allAug 20, 2018 1:00 am - For the third time in five years, Wheaton Warrenville Unit District 200 voters will decide the fate of a plan to replace the Jefferson Early Childhood Center, but this t...
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Harper College wants to keep tax increase in place to fund $180 million in upgradesAug 17, 2018 5:30 am - Harper College will ask voters on the November ballot to continue a tax increase that's otherwise due to expire, to help fund $180 million in campus upgrades over the ne...
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Batavia group questions why city hasn't put home-rule referendum on ballot yetAug 16, 2018 1:00 am - Which of the two Batavia home-rule referendums will be listed first on the Nov. 6 ballot? Proponents of the binding one, which seeks to take away the city's home-rule po...
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Hawthorn District 73 referendum strategy: Keep it simpleAug 15, 2018 1:00 am - The decision by Hawthorn District 73 to seek $48.7 million from taxpayers in November for school renovations and expansions took months of laborious discussion, public s...
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Lake County Board members spar over advisory property tax referendumAug 14, 2018 1:00 am - A divided Lake County Board voted Tuesday to put a question on the Nov. 6 ballot asking if the General Assembly should amend Illinois' Constitution and ban a statewide p...
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Batavia may put own home-rule question on November ballotAug 13, 2018 1:00 am - Batavians may be asked to vote twice Nov. 6 about whether the city should retain its home-rule powers. The city council is considering putting an advisory referendum que...