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Greenwood 2017 Consolidated General Election Results

By LocalLabs News Service | Apr 7, 2017

Election results from April 4.

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Alden Township 2017 Consolidated General Election Results

By LocalLabs News Service | Apr 7, 2017

Election results from April 4.

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Algonquin Township’s Miller contributed $102K to pension, could collect more than $3 million

By LocalLabs News Service | Mar 26, 2017

Over 45 years on the Algonquin Township payroll, Highway Commissioner Robert Miller contributed just more than $100,000 into his pension.

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In McHenry County, teacher pay spikes while home values plummet

By LocalLabs News Service | Mar 23, 2017

When she paid $233,000 for a blue-grey four-bedroom with red shutters at 640 Krenz Ave. on the south side of Cary, Victoria Green didn’t know someone else had been secretly borrowing against her house.

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Analysis: Nine private taxpayers for every state/local government worker, pensioner in 65th House District

By LocalLabs News Service | Nov 23, 2016

Among registered voters, private sector taxpayers outnumber state and local public sector workers and pensioners over nine to one in the 65th Illinois House district, according to a McHenry Times analysis.

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Analysis: 20 private taxpayers for every state/local government worker, pensioner in 64th 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 20 to one in the 64th Illinois House district, according to a McHenry Times analysis.

Hultgren easily retains District 14 U.S. House seat

By LocalLabs News Service | Nov 9, 2016

U.S. Rep. Randy Hultgren (R-Plano) retained his seat in the 14th Congressional District on Tuesday by an approximately 20 percent vote margin over Democratic challenger Jim Walz of Gurnee.

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Madigan documentary streaming online on newspapers' websites

By LocalLabs News Service | Oct 25, 2016

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

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McHenry County Zoning Board of Appeals reclassifies district

By LocalLabs News Service | Oct 18, 2016

The McHenry County Zoning Board of Appeals met Oct. 12 to reclassify an estate district.

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McHenry County Board discuss fire alarm system

By LocalLabs News Service | Oct 18, 2016

The McHenry County Board met Oct. 4 to discuss the fire alarm system.

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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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McHenry County Board to review construction program

By LocalLabs News Service | Oct 14, 2016

The McHenry County Board will meet Tuesday to review the Nondedicated Subdivision Road Construction Program.

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Lake in the Hills commission to allow construction of picket fence

By LocalLabs News Service | Oct 14, 2016

The village of Lake in the Hills Planning and Zoning Commission will meet Monday to allow the construction of a 4 foot high picket fence.

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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: McHenry taxpayers should pay more for Chicago schools

By LocalLabs News Service | Sep 21, 2016

Chicago's Public Schools already spend more per-pupil than 17 of McHenry County’s 18 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.