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Illinois lawmakers strike out on pensions
Springfield -- Illinois Democrats who control the Capitol once again perfected the end-of-session meltdown, failing to approve major changes to a government worker retirement system that's gobbling up more and more of the budget and approaching $100...
Tags: Finance, Labor Legislation, Moody's Corporation, Chicago Teachers Union, Chicago Public Schools
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Police blotter
The following items were taken from police reports. Mundelein •On May 18, a 26-year-old Lake In the Hills man was arrested on Ridge Avenue at Rays Lane and charged with disregarding a stop sign and driving without a valid driver's license. ...
Tags: McHenry, Cuba, Prosecution, Wauconda, Cell Phones
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Lake County opposes state-mandated election board
In a 217-page bill to allow online voting is a paragraph that strips the Lake County clerk of her authority to supervise elections. The Illinois House approved the bill Thursday, despite complaints by Lake County officials that the last-minute amendment...
Tags: Vernon Hills, Local Elections, Politics, Judges, Elections
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Best best for the week
Learning Resources Lemonade Stand Learning Resources toys, is hosting a good old fashioned Lemonade stand as part of Alex's Lemonade Stand Foundation's national fundraiser, Lemonade Days. Proceeds will benefit Alex's Lemonade Stand Foundation, a...Tags: Adlai E. Stevenson, Conservation, Environmental Issues, Metra, Mettawa
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Best bets for the week
Learning Resources Lemonade Stand Learning Resources toys, is hosting a good old fashioned Lemonade stand as part of Alex's Lemonade Stand Foundation's national fundraiser, Lemonade Days, June 7 from 10:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the South Parking Lot of...Tags: Adlai E. Stevenson, Metra, Mettawa
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Thunderstorms moving across the Chicago area- Severe thunderstorm warning for much of the area until midnight
Waves of showers and thunderstorms are moving through the Chicago metro area late this evening bringing gusty winds, some hail and very heavy rain. Severe thunderstorm warnings have been issued for portions of Cook,. Dupage, Ford, Grundy, Iroquois, and...Tags: Weather, Weather Warnings, Weather Reports
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Report: 6 Lake County high schools in Illinois' top 20
Six Lake County high schools were listed among the top 20 in Illinois, according to U.S. News and World Report's rankings for 2013. Deerfield, Stevenson, Highland Park, Lake Forest, Vernon Hills and Libertyville high schools cracked the top 2 percent...
Tags: Deerfield, High Schools, Libertyville, Human Interest, Students
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Some unhappy with change in Lake County tax appeal rules
After moving to Lake County in 2009, real estate broker Michael Carbone made friends by trying to save them money. "I started going around, door-to-door, helping my neighbors fight their property tax bills," said Carbone, now a member of District 46...Tags: Realty, Lawyers, Real Estate, Small Businesses, Politics
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1 adult dead, dozens of pupils hurt in Illinois school bus crash
A school bus driver may have driven through a red light before his vehicle collided with two others, leaving one adult dead and more than two dozen students injured, officials said on Friday. The accident took place around 8:05 a.m. near Wadsworth in...
Tags: Health and Safety at School, Wadsworth, Transportation Accidents, Students, Teaching and Learning
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Curbside composting on hold in Highland Park
A lauded Highland Park curbside composting program, launched in January, is on the rocks after a Waukegan facility abruptly stopped accepting food scraps as it scrambles to address odor complaints. About 140 residents took part in the pilot program,...
Tags: Park City, Highland Park (Cook, Illinois), Waukegan
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New police chief sought in Buffalo Grove
Buffalo Grove officials are conducting a nationwide search for a new police chief to replace 36-year veteran Chief Steven Balinski, who retires Tuesday. Heidi Voorhees, president and owner of Voorhees & Associates of Deerfield, is conducting the...
Tags: Career and Workplace, Work Relations, Politics, Elections
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North suburban road projects to impact communities
Major construction on Lake-Cook and Willow roads are among the headaches in store for North Shore motorists this spring and summer — but they are just two of the 75 projects outlined by officials recently for north Cook and Lake counties....
Tags: Illinois Department of Transportation, Deerfield, Winnetka (Cook, Illinois), Construction, Elgin
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