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Home Rule discussion Saturday, June 2, 2012 @ the Westmont Library @ 2:00pm

By Bob Mueller | May 14 at 11:15 a.m.

Subject: Westmont Landlords Association Meeting, Saturday, June 2, 2012 @ the Westmont Library @ 2:00pm The "Home Rule" referendum will be on the November election … Read more ›

Then Oberweis DuPage County Campaign Manager Rick Carney of Wheaton, left, introduces Senate hopeful Jim Oberweis, right, as he meets and greets the assembled guests at DuPage County Republican's Lincoln Day Dinner in 2003. (Tribune File Photo / April 30, 2012)

DuPage election commission chairman resigns

April 30 at 2:00 p.m.

The chairman of the DuPage Election Commission has resigned in the wake of a report that criticized a broad range of practices at the bipartisan … Read more ›

Residents of Burgess Square Healthcare Centre in Westmont write letters to lawmakers asking them not to cut $2.7 billion from Medicaid and hurt nursing homes.
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Westmont seniors battle massive Medicaid cuts

By Nathan Brown | April 27 at 2:18 p.m.

Statewide tour highlights devastating impact on elderly care and safety WESTMONT, IL – The Health Care Council of Illinois (HCCI), a leading voice for the … Read more ›

DuPage County Board Chairman Dan Cronin (Chuck Berman, Chicago Tribune / March 22, 2011)

DuPage Housing Authority on right path, consultant says

April 18 at 6:04 p.m.

The DuPage Housing Authority is on a path toward getting its financial house in order after mismanaging more than $10 million in federal funding, but … Read more ›

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Poverty in DuPage County

By Kim Savage | April 6 at 3:20 p.m.

Poverty in DuPage County has been increasing over the past several years. Food pantries and other services have had significant increases in the number of … Read more ›

An electricity consultant for municipalities estimated that ComEd stands to lose up to one-third of its residential customers to aggregation, though the utility will continue to handle billing, complaints, maintenance and delivery. (Stacey Wescott, Chicago Tribune / March 7, 2012)

With voters’ OK, municipalities have work to do on electricity deals

March 22 at 6:12 a.m.

About 300 local governments statewide, about half in the Chicago region, held referendums Tuesday on whether to aggregate electricity, a process by which municipalities and … Read more ›

DuPage township investigates whether employee did political work

March 21 at 3:26 p.m.

Though he called the allegations “groundless,” the supervisor of a township in DuPage County has begun an investigation into whether one of his employees engaged … Read more ›

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Stand for Children congratulates Senator Ron Sandack on his 81st House District win in the Illinois primary

By Mary McClelland, Illinois Communications Director, Stand for Children | March 21 at 10:18 a.m.

Attributable to Mary Anderson, Executive Director of Stand for Children "Stand for Children congratulates Senator Ron Sandack on his 81st House District win in the … Read more ›

Last week, MECCA board members Hani Atassi, from left, board president Abdulgany Hamadeh and Syed Hussain listen to a DuPage County committee hearing about the size of the group's dome and minaret. The panel didn't recommend a variance for the taller structures, and the full board voted against them Tuesday. (Chuck Berman, Chicago Tribune / March 6, 2012)

DuPage board rejects dome and minaret for mosque near Willowbrook

March 14 at 6:00 a.m.

A group planning to build a mosque and cultural center near Willowbrook failed again Tuesday to win approval for a dome and spire to be … Read more ›

County frees D99 from $500,000 storm water project

By Brian Slodysko | March 9 at 7:34 a.m.

DuPage County officials cleared a major hurdle for Downers Grove-based District 99 as officials seek to avoid building a storm water project this summer that … Read more ›

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