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Juneau Court: Feds Consider Closing Court Sites Across 29 States
Jeannie NussThe federal government is considering closing up to 60 court sites across the country as part of an effort to cut costs. Documents obtained by The Associated Press show federal courthouses facilities in 29 states could be on the chopping block....Tags: Salisbury (Wicomico, Maryland), Key West, Newport News (Newport News, Virginia)
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Officials demand more information about proposed immigration detention center
Special to the TribuneJoliet City Councilman Jim McFarland wants to hear firsthand – and publicly – what Corrections Corp. of America plans to do if it builds an immigration detention center in Joliet. McFarland, who called for a public meeting to learn about...Tags: Migration, Politics, Prisons, U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Immigration
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Frankfort mayor, clerk, trustees back in fold
Mayor Jim Holland, Village Clerk Robert Kennedy and Trustees Todd Morgan, Dick Trevarthan and Douglas Morgan are back for four more years. They were sworn in for new terms May 6 during the Village Board meeting, with state Rep. Renee Kosel, R-New Lenox,...
Tags: Renee Kosel, Frankfort, Politics, Elections, Netherlands
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Oak Park teacher receives Golden Apple
John Paulett leads almost all of his classes at Fenwick High School while the students sit in chairs formed in a circle. It's a way that provokes discussion and critical thinking for some of the tough topics he tackles in his theology classes at the...
Tags: Students, Frankfort, Des Plaines, Education, Chicago Heights
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Indy rail service to speed freight
Associated PressEconomic development officials hope a new rail service linking Indianapolis to West Coast ports in Canada will save central Indiana businesses time and money by bypassing a bottleneck in Chicago rail yards and help transform the capital into more of a...Tags: Elgin, Canada, Vancouver (Canada), Road Transportation, Travel
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Steelworkers to vote on proposed 6-year contract with Caterpillar
— The United Steelworkers union will vote Tuesday on a proposed six-year contract with Caterpillar Inc. that would freeze wages, increase contributions to health care costs and offer senior employees fewer protections. The proposed agreement covers...Tags: Health and Safety at Work, Wage Contract Issues, Politics, Bucyrus International Inc., Mining
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Chicago area unemployment rate ticks up in March
The rate of unemployment across the Chicago-Joliet-Naperville region ticked up by 0.5 point to 9.5 percent in March, according to data released Thursday by the Illinois Department of Employment Security. Overall, local unemployment rates increased in...
Tags: Employment, Employment Opportunities, Unemployment, Career and Workplace, Labor Markets
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Plainfield trustees approve money for ash borer battle
The Plainfield Village Board voted Monday to continue the town's battle against the insidious emerald ash borer, a hungry little insect that is laying waste to the municipality's trees. The board voted unanimously to allocate up to $60,000 for the...
Tags: Kankakee, Science and Technology, Lifestyle and Leisure, Plainfield (Will, Illinois)
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West DuPage police blotter: April 3
The following items were taken from Wheaton, Glen Ellyn, West Chicago, Winfield and Warrenville police records. Wheaton •A tablet computer valued at $600 was taken from a car parked in the lot at 900 Roosevelt Road on March 22 sometime between...
Tags: Theft, Christianity, Prosecution, Warrenville, Anglicanism
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Illinois Catholic couple taking on Obama over contraception mandate
An Oak Brook health care company and its Roman Catholic owners who don't want to include birth control in their employees' benefits still have no choice, despite exceptions to the contraception mandate proposed by the Obama administration this month....
Tags: Focus on the Family, Retraining, Freedom of Religion, Small Businesses, Business
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Sun-Times Media makes job cuts
Tribune reporterSun-Times Media, which owns the Chicago Sun-Times and 40 suburban newspapers, has laid off several longtime suburban editors and other staffers as it begins to consolidate operations in its downtown Chicago offices. Layoffs took place at the...Tags: Layoffs and Downsizing, Unemployment, Job Layoffs, Career and Workplace, Chicago Sun-Times
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1 dead after I-55 crash in Plainfield
One Joliet man died after his car went out of control, hit a median and was struck by another car and a tractor-trailer truck, on Interstate 55 near Plainfield early this morning, according to the Illinois State Police. The crash happened about 1:30 a....
Tags: Motorvehicle Accidents, Transportation Accidents, Downers Grove, Plainfield (Will, Illinois)
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