Articles filed under Referendum
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Voters like sales-tax plan in Lake ZurichNov 01, 2010 11:00 pm - Lake Zurich voters approved the creation of a new, half-percent sales-tax on Tuesday. With votes in all 17 precincts counted, unofficial results showed 3,412 people favo...
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Stone turned out of office in Buffalo GroveNov 01, 2010 11:00 pm - History was made in Buffalo Grove Tuesday, as voters turned out a sitting village board trustee who has been in office only 18 months. With all 38 of Buffalo Grove prec...
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Palatine Dist. 15 bond sale goes downNov 01, 2010 11:00 pm - A promise by Palatine Township Elementary District 15 leaders to abandon the most controversial portion of a massive borrowing plan wasn't enough to win over voters. Wit...
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Villa Park road repairs will have to waitNov 01, 2010 11:00 pm - Villa Park voters narrowly rejected a sales tax increase to pay for repairs to the village's crumbling side streets. With all precincts reporting, the tally was 53 perce...
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Voters reject Medinah School District 11 tax rate increaseNov 01, 2010 11:00 pm - Voters in Medinah School District 11 defeated a measure to allow the district to borrow $8 million for building upgrades and consolidation, according to unofficial vote ...
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District 33 voters approve $39 million projectNov 01, 2010 11:00 pm - Sixth-graders in West Chicago Elementary District 33 will be attending classes at the middle school by as early as 2013. Voters on Tuesday narrowly approved a measure to...
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Voters say no to Grafton town hallNov 01, 2010 11:00 pm - Grafton Township: A plan to borrow $3 million to erect a new town hall in Grafton Township was shot down by voters Tuesday by a ratio of more than 5 to 1. ...
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St. Charles library request deniedNov 01, 2010 11:00 pm - St. Charles Public Library officials will continue to live in cramped quarters for at least two more years after voters Tuesday rejected a tax increase to double the siz...
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Naperville voters back districting, term limitsNov 01, 2010 11:00 pm - Naperville voters on Tuesday fundamentally changed the way their city will be run by approving both the creation of term limits beginning in April 2011 and the installat...
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Voters OK District 56 plan to borrow $28.5 million for new schoolNov 01, 2010 11:00 pm - Voters gave Gurnee Elementary District 56 a ballot-box victory by allowing $28.5 million to be borrowed mostly for construction of a new school in Wadsworth. With all 20...