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Friday, November 22, 2024

News from August 2016

Joliet Historic Preservation Commission to consider museum intern project

By LocalLabs News Service | Aug 24, 2016

Joliet Historic Preservation Commission will meet at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 24.

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Joliet Plan Commission to amend annexation agreement at Chicago Road

By LocalLabs News Service | Aug 24, 2016

Joliet Plan Commission will meet at 4 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 15.

Aurora Fire Department Foreign Fire Insurance Tax Administrative Board mulls thermal imagining camera purchase

By LocalLabs News Service | Aug 24, 2016

Aurora Fire Department Foreign Fire Insurance Tax Administrative Board mulls thermal imagining camera purchase at this morning's meeting.

Aurora City Council establishes Bicycle, Pedestrian and Transit Advisory Board

By Wadi Reformado | Aug 23, 2016

Aurora City Council established a Bicycle, Pedestrian and Transit Advisory Board during a recent meeting.

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Orland Park Plan Commission to hold public hearing on special use, subdivision and variance

By LocalLabs News Service | Aug 23, 2016

Orland Park Plan Commission will meet at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 23.

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Lemont Board of Trustees mulls ordinance on sale of surplus property

By LocalLabs News Service | Aug 23, 2016

Lemont Board of Trustees mulls ordinance on sale of surplus property at yesterday's meeting.

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Aurora Planning Council to review final plan for East Aurora High School subdivision

By LocalLabs News Service | Aug 23, 2016

Aurora Planning Council will meet at 10 a.m. Tuesday, Aug. 23.

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Kolber applauds Maine's efforts at welfare reform

By Hoang Tran | Aug 22, 2016

Illinois should follow the example of Maine in regards to welfare reform, said candidate Vincent Kolber.

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Rauner: Mapping ballot measure may suffer term limits' fate in high court

By LocalLabs News Service | Aug 22, 2016

No one knows which way the state's Supreme Court will rule on the pending Independent Map Amendment ballot measure, but the litigation could face the same fate as previous rulings about term limits, Gov. Bruce Rauner recently told reporters.

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Orland Park Development Services and Planning Committee recommends bid for Stellwagen Family Farm’s farmhouse foundation

By Wadi Reformado | Aug 22, 2016

Orland Park Development Services and Planning Committee recommends bid for Stellwagen Family Farm’s farmhouse foundation at recent meeting.

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Aurora's Sheffer Road Bridge project concludes ahead of schedule

By JoAnna Brown | Aug 22, 2016

The reopening of Sheffer Road Bridge was commemorated with a ribbon cutting ceremony and opened to the public two weeks ahead of schedule.

Orland Park Finance Committee approves contract for collection of parking violation fees

By Wadi Reformado | Aug 22, 2016

Orland Park Finance Committee approves contract for collection of parking violation fees at recent meeting.

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Orland Park Village Manager leaves for job in Texas

By Wadi Reformado | Aug 22, 2016

It was announced at recent Village Board meeting that Village Manager Paul Grimes has taken a job in Texas.

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Kolber believes that Illinois should have access to federal bankruptcy courts

By Hoang Tran | Aug 22, 2016

Vincent Kolber, Republican candidate running for Illinois’ Fifth Congressional District, said he believes that Illinois should have access to federal bankruptcy courts due to its financial situation.

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Second week of Olympics adds to Illinois medal count

By LocalLabs News Service | Aug 22, 2016

It was another successful week for athletes from Illinois at the 2016 Summer Olympic Games in Rio, as our participants hit the medal stand in six different events.

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Bolingbrook Plan Commission approves plan for car wash

By LocalLabs News Service | Aug 21, 2016

Bolingbrook Plan Commission approves plan for car wash during a recent meeting.

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Lemont Planning and Zoning Commission sets forth definition of a gazebo in unified development ordinance

By LocalLabs News Service | Aug 21, 2016

Lemont Planning and Zoning Commission sets forth definition of a gazebo in unified development ordinance during a recent meeting.

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No Democrats yet to pledge to NoMoreMadigan

By LocalLabs News Service | Aug 19, 2016

Mike Strick, Republican candidate for District 84 in the Illinois House of Representatives, recently asserted that his NoMoreMadigan pledge has been garnering some positive responses among voters and candidates these past few weeks.

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School districts' pension 'pickups' cost students and taxpayers

By LocalLabs News Service | Aug 19, 2016

The practice of the "pickup" -- where school districts pay some, if not all, of teachers' contributions into their own retirement pensions -- could leave Illinois' educators, students and taxpayers high and dry.

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Kolber says Illinois' economic model is broken

By Hoang Tran | Aug 19, 2016

The financial crisis in Illinois found temporary solace in a stopgap measure passed at the beginning of July, and while many are relieved that vital services such as education are being funded, others are weary of the battle of the wills happening at the capital.