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Government
Schaumburg Progress Report for September 17, 2021
The Village of Schaumburg was honored to receive the Above and Beyond Award from the Illinois Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve (ESGR). The award is presented by ESGR state committees to recognize employers at the local level who have gone above and beyond the legal requirements of the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act by providing their Guard and Reserve employees additional, non-mandated benefits.
Government
Economic Development Update September 9, 2021
This morning, two radiant 8 x 10 foot murals by Chicago-based artist, Tony Fitzpatrick, were unveiled in the heart of Glen Ellyn at 427 N. Main Street. The murals are displayed near the new pedway, completed this past spring, which connects pedestrians to downtown businesses, parking and the Metra station.
Government
Economic Development Update September 2, 2021
Main Street to Reopen to 2-Way Traffic Between Hillside and Duane
Government
Reminder: 8/27/21 Enews From CCSD93
5th grade Band and 4th grade Orchestra beginners are starting their instrumental music experience this week and next week!
Government
Schaumburg Progress Report for August 20, 2021
To accommodate residents whose regularly scheduled brush pickup had already passed prior to last week’s storms, the Village of Schaumburg's Engineering and Public Works Department has added an additional collection week to its summer brush collection schedule the week of August 23 for the purple and red collection zones.
Government
Economic Development Update July 30, 2021
As of July 28, 2021, DuPage County’s COVID-19 community transmission is now at Substantial level per Centers of Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The recent rise in cases and hospitalizations is likely attributed to the more contagious Delta variant which has now become the more predominant variant across the country. Still, vaccines continue to be the best form of protection against COVID-19, including the Delta variant and help prevent severe illness, hospitalization, and death.
Government
Frederick Douglass Foundation official decries castration remark
Frederick Douglass Foundation president Babette Holder wants to see state Rep. Dianne Pappas (D-Itasca) formally censored for recent remarks about “castration” as a way of dealing with the state’s growing problem of abortion.
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Business
DuPage GOP maintains pivotal role in state government, local chairman says
The more things change, the more they stay the same, DuPage GOP Chairman Brian Krajewski said in a recent press release.
Business
Unpaid fines for St Charles-based campaign committee totaled $225 in January 2017
One campaign committee in St Charles has overdue fines amounting to a total of $225, records obtained by the DuPage Policy Journal show.
Government
Analysis: Sales tax funded 4 percent of City of St. Charles budget in 2016
The City of St. Charles' local sales tax brought in $5,993,378 in 2016, according to Illinois State Comptroller revenue data.
Business
Analysis: Of uncounted Glen Ellyn school tax hike referendum votes, more would be cast by Republicans than Democrats
Of the 51 votes still to be counted in the razor thin Glen Ellyn School District 41 tax hike referendum, twice as many are from Republicans than Democrats.
Sports
District 88 Foundation to honor former coach, counselor with basketball tournament
A charitable organization supporting a local school district will host a basketball tournament to benefit students as well as to pay homage to a departed colleague.