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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: Demographics, Illinois Governor, Politics, Economy, Business and Finance, Budgets and Budgeting
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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: Office and Retail Spaces, Daniel Lipinski, Rentals, Judy Biggert, 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: United States Census Bureau, Minority Groups, Elections, Voting, Local Government
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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 The village repealed a gas tax of 2.5 cents per gallon and a sales tax of 0.5 percent this month after residents...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: Oak Lawn, Heart Failure, Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation, Cicero, Skokie
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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: Career and Workplace, Charlie Hoffman, Larry Rhoden, Local Elections, Justice System
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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: Crime, Law and Justice, Justice System
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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: Career and Workplace, Rick Snyder, Bankruptcy, Politics, Economy, Business and Finance
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Around Town: The Korean paradigm shift
The paradigm has at last shifted. Our town is now officially cross-cultural. What cross-culture? Obviously, it's Korean. The Korean wave has really arrived in La Cañada Flintridge, and not a moment too soon. Some point to the billion downloads of the...Tags: Nabi, Seoul (South Korea), Starbucks Corp., Entertainment, Music
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Seniors big focus of city's housing plan
As Laguna Beach officials move forward in updating the city's housing plan, there is one key group they must consider: seniors, who represent a third of the beach community's residents. "We have people who have lived [in Laguna] for 20, 30, 40 years,...Tags: Personal Income
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Baltimore's population up, following decades of loss
Baltimore, coming off six decades of population decline, grew by 1,100 residents in 12 months, according to government estimates released Thursday. "It's such amazing news. … It's huge psychologically," said Seema D. Iyer, a former research chief...
Tags: Career and Workplace, Demographics, DREAM Act, United States Census Bureau, Stephanie Rawlings-Blake
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