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Early discussions underway for joint Sycamore-DeKalb pool

DeKALB – As local public pools prepare to open for the summer, officials with DeKalb’s and Sycamore’s park districts are beginning discussions on partnering on a new pool. The ... Read More »

State

Dems: Budget deal would keep school funding level

SPRINGFIELD – House and Senate Democrats have agreed on a proposed Illinois budget that would keep education funding at the same level and increase human services spending.Sen ... Read More »

Quinn signs moratorium on online charter schools

CHICAGO – Virtual charter schools in Illinois are being placed on temporary hold. Gov. Pat Quinn on Friday signed legislation placing a one-year moratorium on any new online c ... Read More »

Nation

Furlough Friday: Unpaid day off for many in gov’t

WASHINGTON – No one answered the tax-help hotline at the IRS on Friday. And you could forget about getting advice on avoiding foreclosures at the 80 Housing and Urban Developm ... Read More »

Commentary

Reeder: Illinois isn’t hopeless; it is worth the fight

SPRINGFIELD – Every once in a while someone will ask, “Scott, why are you so critical of Illinois?” My response is simple: I love it here. This is the state where I was born a ... Read More »

Our View: Public needs government to follow through

President Barack Obama always has been a master of words. The State of the Union speech he delivered Tuesday night to Congress was no different. He embodied the role of comman ... Read More »

Meetings

Govt. Meetings: Week of May 20

Today DeKalb Citizens Community Enhancement Commission: 4 p.m. at the DeKalb Municipal Building, 200 S. Fourth St. DeKalb Mechanical Board of Appeals: 4 p.m. at the DeKalb Mun ... Read More »

Govt. Meetings: Week of May 13

TodayDeKalb-Sycamore Area Transportation Study Technical Advisory Committee: 1:15 p.m. at the DeKalb County Highway Department, 1826 Barber Greene Road, DeKalbDeKalb City Coun ... Read More »

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