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Mokena resident plans to submit request to see some legal fees
A Mokena resident informed the Village Board Monday that he is submitting Freedom of Information Act requests about legal fees paid by the village in a couple of election disputes. Jim Giglio said he wants to know how much money in legal fees the...
Tags: Politics, Elections
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'Bring your own' devices pose challenges for government
Mika J. Cross, a human resources manager for the U.S. Department of Agriculture, sometimes uses a laptop issued by the agency. But she is far more likely to check email or collaborate with colleagues on one of her two personal computers. As someone...
Tags: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Politics, Theft, National Government, Wireless Technology
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Questions unanswered about treasurer's probe of Robin Kelly
After Robin Kelly lost a 2010 bid for state treasurer, the office's chief investigator alleged she violated ethics laws by improperly reporting time off from her taxpayer-funded job as chief of staff to then-Treasurer Alexi Giannoulias, the Tribune has...
Tags: Elections, Cook County Board of Commissioners, Paul Miller, Alexi Giannoulias, Values
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Illinois corporate tax credits swelled to $161 million in 2011
When lawmakers raised taxes on Illinois residents and businesses, they also increased corporate income tax breaks for a select group of companies. In 2011, businesses were eligible to claim about $161 million in tax credits — double from the...Tags: Executive Branch, Taxation, Navistar International Corporation, Government, Economic Policy
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Crime & Punishment: Plow-on-Plow Violence
Five civilian employees of the U.S. Coast Guard Academy in New London and a service member were apparently turning the academy into their own swingers club. A Coast Guard investigation found that the six were engaging in sexual activity on the job and...
Tags: Motorvehicle Accidents, Transportation Accidents, New Haven (New Haven, Connecticut), OxyContin (drug), New Canaan
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Mysterious report prompts ethics, safety review in Highland Park
When Highland Park City Council members agreed in late 2008 to spend $2.1 million buying a financially troubled downtown theater, they didn't know it was riddled with safety hazards and other problems that would cost another $2.6 million to fix. A...
Tags: Arts and Culture, Career and Workplace, Tourism and Leisure, Chicago City Hall, Local Government
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Remarkable Woman: Gail Vacca
Gail Vacca can pinpoint exactly when her love for horses began. She was 4, on a family vacation in New Jersey, and her horse-loving grandfather asked her if she wanted a pony ride. "I still remember it," says Vacca, founder and president of the...
Tags: Music, Breeders' Cup, Churchill Downs, Equestrian, Barbra Streisand
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Top 25 Gloucester County Public School System employee salaries
Here's a list of the 25 highest salaries for Gloucester schools staff. The information was obtained from the school system under a Freedom of Information Act request by the Daily Press. Ben Kiser, superintendent – $146,261 Chuck Wagner,...Tags: Schools, Public Schools, Elementary Schools
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Fired Winnetka elementary school teacher gets $71,000 in settlement with District 36
Winnetka School District 36 has reached a settlement with David Wartik, the teacher it fired last spring, according to an agreement obtained from the district through a Freedom of Information Act request. Wartik, a former fourth grade teacher at Hubbard...
Tags: Clarence Thomas, Teaching and Learning, Teachers, Students
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Top 25 Gloucester County employee salaries
Here is a list of the 25 highest-paid employees in Gloucester County government. This list does not include the school system. These records were obtained from the county by a Freedom of Information Act request of the Daily Press. 1) Brenda Garton,...Tags: Lawyers, Crime, Law and Justice, Justice System, Bill Lindsay
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In FBI records, clues about a photographer's work as an informant
Ernest Withers watched the trajectory of the civil rights movement from behind his camera lens. He was in Mississippi in 1955 when an all-white jury acquitted two white men accused of brutally murdering Emmett Till, a visiting black Chicago teenager,...
Tags: Photography, Newspaper and Magazine, Civil Rights, Justice and Rights, Judges
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County employees who collected the most overtime in 2012 budget year
Here is a list of the 25 county employees who received the most overtime payments in the 2011-12 budget year. The percentage in parentheses is the proportion of overtime to the employee's salary. The figures were obtained by the Daily Press under a...Tags: Career and Workplace, Water Supply, Employees
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