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Congressman opens district office in Lincolnshire
U.S. House Rep. Brad Schneider (D-10th) opened his district office in Lincolnshire earlier this month, fewer than 10 miles from his home in the village of Deerfield. Schneider, a freshman representative, said he chose Lincolnshire because of its central...
Tags: Politics, Patrick J. Toomey, Joe Manchin III, Robert Dold, Brad Schneider
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Immigration bill would spark surge of legal arrivals
WASHINGTON — While much of the debate over immigration has focused on the fate of the estimated 11 million people in the U.S. without legal authorization, one of the biggest immediate impacts of the reform bill being prepared in the Senate would...Tags: Republican Party, U.S. Congress, James Lankford, Career and Workplace, Lobbying
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That screaming you hear? It's writers applying for NEA grants
All across America, a panic is spreading. But you won’t hear the terrified multitudes and their pleas for help, their expletives shouted at the sky. Why? Because these suffering people are mostly fiction writers. And fiction writers almost...
Tags: Politics, International Organizations
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Wheaton, Glen Ellyn look at how state income tax freeze would impact communities
Gov. Pat Quinn has proposed that the state bolster its own troubled finances by freezing the amount of state income taxes shared with local governments at 2012 levels, which could cost some towns hundreds of thousands of dollars. Quinn estimates the...
Tags: Pat Quinn, Government, Budgets and Budgeting, Local Government, Population and Census
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Lipinski opens Orland Park office
Rep. Dan Lipinski, D-Ill., has opened a local office in Orland Park's Frederick T. Owens Village Hall to assist constituents with Social Security, Medicare and veterans' benefits and to help arrange visits to Washington, D.C. The space is across from...Tags: Rentals, Orland Park, Office and Retail Spaces, Daniel Lipinski, Local Government
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City in ballot language flap
Glendale this year has limited the sample ballot that goes out to all voters to just English and Armenian. But critics say officials should have kept with the prior practice of including all four major languages spoken in the city to avoid...Tags: Voting, Minority Groups, Politics, Elections, Local Elections
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Westmont suspends brush-pickup program
The Westmont brush-pickup program has been suspended indefinitely in light of the village losing more than $2 million in annual tax revenue. The village repealed a gas tax of 2.5 cents per gallon and a sales tax of 0.5 percent this month after residents...
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'Grandparent of the Year' essay contest winner chosen
A Toliver Elementary School student was selected as the Boyle County winner in the “2012-2013 Grandparent of the Year” essay contest sponsored by AARP Kentucky and the Kentucky Retired Teachers’ Association. Nick Price, of Danville, is...
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Orland graying faster than most suburbs
Eleanore Dispensa moved her family from Chicago to Orland Park about 50 years ago because she thought it would be a nice place to raise her six kids. "It was a good place to grow up," she said, adding that an affordable house on a half-acre lot made...
Tags: Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation, Heart Failure, Oak Lawn, Skokie, Cicero
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Legislative Clout: West River eclipses Brown County in political leadership
PIERRE — When it comes to clout, no other place has the power base that Rapid City, the Black Hills and the western ranch counties do in the 2013 session of the Legislature. The speaker of the House is Republican Brian Gosch of Rapid City. The...Tags: Republican Party, Julie Bartling, Charlie Hoffman, Justice System, Government
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Appeals court rejects bid to stop alcohol sales in Junction City
kpeek@amnews.comUpholding a previous decision by Boyle County Circuit Court Judge Darren Peckler, the state Court of Appeals on Friday ruled that a lawsuit meant to prevent liquor sales in Junction City was without merit. The decision comes just more than a year...Tags: Justice System, Crime, Law and Justice
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Orr tapped as Detroit's emergency manager
DETROIT (AP) — The turnaround expert who represented Chrysler during its successful restructuring is taking on one of the toughest fiscal tasks anywhere in the country: Fixing Detroit. Kevyn Orr, hired Thursday as Detroit's emergency manager,...
Tags: Government, Career and Workplace, Business Enterprises, Bankruptcy, Trials
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