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As population growth slows, property taxes strangle Kane County homeowners

By LocalLabs News Service | Apr 2, 2017

It’s been 20 years since car salesman Steve Stanley and his wife, Joan, bought a half acre lot and built a four bedroom custom home at 3402 Green Pastures Road in Spring Acres Hills, a then-brand new subdivision on the west side of Carpentersville.

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St. Charles Board of Fire and Police Commissioners to approve two fire department promotions

By LocalLabs News Service | Dec 26, 2016

St. Charles Board of Fire and Police Commissioners will meet at 5 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 28.

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Analysis: 20 private taxpayers for every state/local government worker, pensioner in 66th House District

By LocalLabs News Service | Nov 23, 2016

Among registered voters, private sector taxpayers outnumber state and local public sector workers and pensioners nearly 20 to one in the 66th Illinois House district, according to a Kane County Reporter analysis.

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Analysis: Nine private taxpayers for every state/local government worker, pensioner in 50th House District

By LocalLabs News Service | Nov 23, 2016

Among registered voters, private sector taxpayers outnumber state and local public sector workers and pensioners nearly nine to one in the 50th Illinois House district, according to a Kane County Reporter analysis.

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Analysis: Nine private taxpayers for every state/local government worker, pensioner in 49th House District

By LocalLabs News Service | Nov 22, 2016

Among registered voters, private sector taxpayers outnumber state and local public sector workers and pensioners nearly nine to one in the 49th Illinois House district, according to a Kane County Reporter analysis.

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Analysis: Nine private taxpayers for every state/local government worker, pensioner in 70th House District

By LocalLabs News Service | Nov 18, 2016

Among registered voters, private sector taxpayers outnumber state and local public sector workers and pensioners nearly nine to one in the 70th Illinois House district, according to a Kane County Reporter analysis.

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Madigan documentary streaming online on newspapers' websites

By LocalLabs News Service | Oct 24, 2016

Three Illinois daily newspapers are hosting on-demand screenings of the "Madigan: Power. Privilege. Politics." video.

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Documentary 'Madigan: Power. Privilege. Politics' airing on TV, in theaters

By LocalLabs News Service | Oct 17, 2016

A new documentary about Illinois' long-serving Democratic House Speaker Michael Madigan is in the midst of several scheduled showings on local TV, a prelude to what its conservative backers say will be even broader distribution in the final weeks before the general election.

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Illinois GOP launches voter-fraud hot line after Kankakee bribery allegations

By LocalLabs News Service | Oct 5, 2016

The Illinois Republican Party (ILGOP) launched a voter-fraud hot line today, in response to complaints of bribes for votes.

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Former Chicago Schools chief: Kane County taxpayers should pay more for Chicago schools

By LocalLabs News Service | Sep 21, 2016

Chicago's Public Schools already spend more per-pupil than all of Kane County’s nine public school districts.

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Confusion follows shuttering of Illinois health insurance co-op

By LocalLabs News Service | Sep 9, 2016

Policy holders who bought from an insurance co-op in Illinois remain upset and confused about the future of their care more than a month after the debt-laden company was ordered to close by insurance regulators.

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Latest round of John Deere layoffs unfortunate but not surprising, conservative think tank associate says

By LocalLabs News Service | Sep 9, 2016

Manufacturing workers in Illinois suffered yet another blow this week when a major machinery manufacturer announced the layoffs of hundreds of workers in Illinois, an associate for a Chicago-based conservative think tank said in a recent article.

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Amid talk of strike, rhetoric between AFSCME, state officials heats up

By LocalLabs News Service | Sep 9, 2016

While whispers of "strike" continue to be heard among the membership of the state's largest public sector union, the on-and-off negotiations with the governor reveal the power of that union, the president of a nonpartisan public-interest litigation center said.

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National $15 minimum wage could exacerbate Illinois job losses

By LocalLabs News Service | Sep 9, 2016

With Congress weighing legislation that would bring the minimum wage up to $15 per hour by 2021, Illinois faces job losses as a result of the Pay Workers a Living Wage Act.

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Streator man says Mautino probes began with his decision to speak out

By LocalLabs News Service | Sep 9, 2016

Despite a federal criminal investigation underway and state lawmakers continually calling on Illinois's embattled Auditor General Frank Mautino to answer questions about prior campaign expenditures, the only person who has filed a complaint said he feels all alone.

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Executive's move to Indiana reflects problem for Illinois

By LocalLabs News Service | Sep 9, 2016

An executive who has lived in Illinois almost all of his life says he is being driven out by economy and politics.

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Illinois' credit rating may be cut further as unpaid bills projected to reach $14 billion

By LocalLabs News Service | Sep 9, 2016

Moody's Investors Service warned Illinois this week that its lack of a budget may lead to more credit downgrades.

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Rauner urges Illinois voters to demand redistricting reform, term limits

By LocalLabs News Service | Sep 9, 2016

Illinois voters, regardless of party affiliation, need to have a stern conversation with their state legislators to revive redistricting after the Illinois Supreme Court decision last week that took free maps off the November ballot, Gov. Bruce Rauner said during a recent interview.

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GOP says Madigan to blame for keeping Independent Map Amendment off November ballot

By LocalLabs News Service | Aug 26, 2016

The Illinois Supreme Court has ruled that the Independent Map Amendment should be kept off the November ballot.

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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.