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Ex-prosecutor’s 2012 arrest doesn’t deter her from seeking county job
<p><span style="line-height:1.5em;">Sarah Naughton left her job as a prosecutor after an off-duty run-in with police that included her berating and
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Harvey mayor pays campaign disclosure fines of $72,750
<p>Harvey Mayor Eric Kellogg settled up with the state on Tuesday.</p>
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Suburban officials stand up for relatives’ rights to jobs on public payroll
<p>As tax revenue declined in recent years, the Village of Glendale Heights cut costs by reducing the municipal payroll by almost 20 percent through
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The Watchdogs: Ex-Reps. Michel, LaHood, Lipinski get top Illinois congressional pensions
<p>More than a dozen former congressmen from Illinois are drawing taxpayer-subsidized pensions, with the biggest going to retired U.S. House Minority
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Strip club, frozen food, gas stations linked to Harvey mayor’s bailout
<p>When banks faced trouble during the most recent recession, the federal government came to the rescue and bailed them out.</p>
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Lawmaker: Bring back controversial scholarship program with ‘a bunch of internal controls’
<p><span style="line-height:1.5em;">If one state legislator has his way, a college scholarship program that became so politicized it was abolished a
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Proposed Peotone airport plan faces tough critique
<p>A proposed airport south of Chicago is a risky idea because demand doesn’t justify the need, and the state’s own analysis of the project is
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Big cuts to follow big spending in Matteson
<p>Facing a budget deficit next year of nearly $8 million, the village of Matteson is considering sharp cuts in its public safety work force, with
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At ex-U.S. attorney’s urging, ‘handful’ of ex-Chicago cop’s cases being reviewed
<p>At the urging of former U.S. Attorney Scott Lassar, City Hall says it has turned over “a handful of cases” involving a former Chicago detective
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