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Will County prosecutor tapped to fill McAsey's House seat
"There's no doubt that it's daunting," he said. "I'll roll my sleeves up and I'll have to dive in." If lawmakers can't agree on a state budget by Friday, the state will face several financial ...

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Congressman Foster - Affordable Care Act & Health Care Forum
Congressman Bill Foster Invites you to attend Affordable Care Act & Health Care Forum Thursday, July 6th, 2017 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm Presence St. Joseph Medical ...

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Will County hires 20-year Navy vet as facilities manager
VanEssen is a native of Chicago who received an architecture degree from the University of Illinois at Chicago in 1996. He then used his skills in the Navy in various roles, such as public works ...

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Will County Election Judges Needed For 2018 Elections
Will County Election Judges are needed for the 2018 elections. According to a release from the village, judges are needed for the March 2018 primary and the November 2018 general election. ...

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Will County Democratic Party looking to fill Rep. Emily McAsey's 85th District seat
Democratic Central Committee Chairman Scott Pyles and DuPage Democratic Party Chairman Robert Peichert, are accepting applications for someone to fill former State Rep. Emily McAsey's seat ...

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Weather Channel sends Trump a message: ‘Still Don’t Care? Proof You Should’
A story headlined “…and More Proof…” appeared, along with “…and even More Proof…” “Or the Imminent Collapse of a Key Ice Shelf” “…Or Antarctica Turning Green…” “…Or California’s Coast Disappearing ...

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To many Americans, Memorial Day has lost its meaning
While millions of Americans celebrate the long Memorial Day weekend as the unofficial start of summer — think beaches and backyard barbecues, mattress sales and sporting events — some veterans and ...

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Uninsured ranks still to grow by tens of millions under latest House health-care bill, CBO says
The new score, which reflects last-minute revisions that Republicans made to win over several conservative lawmakers and a handful of moderates, calculates that the American Health Care Act would ...

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Judy Brodhead opens last Naperville council term under city rules
Naperville City Councilwoman Judy Brodhead was sworn into office for her final term Tuesday, the first council member to be affected by the city's term limits for elected officials. Voters...

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Volunteers sought to serve on Naperville boards, commissions
Naperville Mayor Steve Chirico and other city officials are seeking residents to fill vacant positions on 10 municipal boards and commissions. They include: •The Advisory Commission on...

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Tom Skilling, scientists at climate forum warn of severe weather changes ahead
Skillings' position contrasts that of President Donald Trump, who has denied that global warming exists and at one point time described it as a concept "created by and for the Chinese in order to ...

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House GOP cheers health-care vote, ignores iceberg dead ahead
The controversial measure has only passed the House. It now goes to the Senate, where the prospects are not good. Before the House vote, Sen. Lindsey O. Graham (R-S.C.) tweeted his concern. Adding ...

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Will County officials to weigh options for $195 million courthouse
The current courthouse has 23 courtrooms in a four-story building. The eighth and ninth floors will be built as shells with space for 10 additional courtrooms. The plan calls for six security ...

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Naperville City Council members sworn into office
Naperville's newest city council member Benny White and council incumbents were sworn into office Sunday at the Naperville Municipal Center. White, surrounded by his family, was sworn as the...

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Bruce Rauner has stake in 100-plus firms, disclosure report shows
Pangea owns and manages more than 8,000 apartments in Chicago and the suburbs — 1,200 of them rented by CHA voucher-holders whose households had a total of 2,111 people, according to figures from ...

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Chris Kennedy makes campaign stop in Joliet
“This is not a stalemate,” Kennedy said. “This is a hostage taking. This governor isn't interested in negotiating a budget. If he wanted to negotiate a budget he could get it done within a week and...

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The Emerging Strategy for Capitalizing on Women's Unprecedented Interest in Politics
The program’s 18 partners across the country have reported similar results as have other organizations that help women run for office. EMILY’s List, for example, reported in March that a record ...

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Cheers, jeers for Rep. Hultgren at forum: 'I think he heard from us tonight'
Audience members were instructed to check their political placards at the door and wave palm-sized green or red cards to discourage loud disruptions. However, the moderator repeatedly had to ...

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Bolingbrook, Shorewood mayors maintain leads after provisional ballot count
Many of the candidates were there to watch the count, including Bolingbrook Mayor Roger Claar, who accumulated 131 provisional ballots in Will County, 46 more than his opponent, Jackie Traynere, a ...

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Will County Sheriff's Office's opioid-related efforts have saved many lives
The sheriff’s office started Narcan training a month before a state law was signed in May 2015 that mandated police departments use Narcan. The first life-saving use of Narcan by the sheriff’s ...

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