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Elmhurst Police Department awarded grant

The Elmhurst Police Department has once again been awarded a traffic enforcement grant by the Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT). The goal of this grant is to reduce fatal and serious injury crashes with additional enforcement of DUI and seatbelt laws. The next campaign of this grant will begin on […]

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Metra seeks input about potential fare options

Metra is seeking input from the public through an online survey to ask what its customers, former customers and prospective customers think about a variety of potential fare and ticket options, including off-peak and reverse-commute pricing, one-day and seven-day passes, loyalty programs and other ideas. The survey also asks about […]

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Insurance plan legislation moves to Senate

Legislation that ensures access to the State Employees Group Insurance Plan for adopted children of plan participants was approved unanimously in the Illinois House of Representatives recently. Specifically, HB 817 creates a uniform definition of terms for interstate adoptions as they relate to the availability of state health insurance coverage. […]

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More state government consolidation a step closer

DuPage County’s successful government consolidation model is expected to save taxpayers more than $100 million over the next 20 years. To take local government consolidation to the next level in Illinois, state Sen. Tom Cullerton (D-Villa Park) passed Senate Bill 3, which will spread DuPage County’s bipartisan government consolidation model […]