Dupage County

DuPage Water Rates May Spike Over 40 Percent

Chicago Tribune | Joseph Ruzich and Bob Goldsborough | Posted 11.25.2009 | Chicago


Customers of the DuPage Water Commission may face a steep rate hike to replenish financial reserves that have all but evaporated....

DuPage County Bans Video Gambling, First In Illinois

Daily Herald | Jake Griffin | Posted 09.11.2009 | Chicago


The DuPage County Board voted unanimously Tuesday to become the first county in Illinois to ban video gambling machines....

Former Deputy Sheriff Suspected In Father-Son Bank Robberies

AP | Posted 06.12.2009 | Chicago


WHEATON, Ill. (AP) -- Federal authorities say a 51-year-old man being held without bond for allegedly being part of a father-and-son bank robbery team...

DuPage County Election Probe

Daily Herald | Jake Griffin | Posted 02.15.2009 | Chicago


Under fire from a local watchdog group, DuPage County Election Commission Executive Director Robert Saar is cutting his financial ties with a local bu...

Potential Conflict Of Interest In DuPage County Elections

Chicago Tribune | James Kimberly | Posted 01.18.2009 | Chicago


The executive director of the DuPage Election Commission holds the patent on an election product being used in DuPage and numerous other election juri...

Obama Wave Fails To 'Turn DuPage Blue'

Chicago Tribune | Liam Ford | Posted 12.07.2008 | Chicago


DuPage Democrats who campaigned against higher taxes and for fiscal restraint helped break the Republican lock on County Board seats this week as Bara...

Area Jobless Rate Slightly Lower

Crain's Chicago Business | Lorene Yue | Posted 11.23.2008 | Chicago


The Chicago-area jobless rate fell in September, remaining above the national average but below statewide levels. The September unemployment rate for...

An Invitation to Governor Palin

Elizabeth Austin | Posted 11.23.2008 | Chicago


Elizabeth Austin

Sarah Palin's vision of urban America has been shaped by media offering violent visions of city life. She doesn't know that my community is as tightly interwoven as her hometown.

Concerns Over Election Accuracy

Naperville Sun | Bill Mego | Posted 11.16.2008 | Chicago


Three months ago, I first asked the DuPage County Election Commission if it would publicly explain to our many concerned readers, in a column or an op...

Flaws In DuPage County Voting Machines?

Naperville Sun | Bill Mego | Posted 10.19.2008 | Chicago


A month ago, when I asked the DuPage County Election Commission to tell us how it is dealing with the known dangers of electronic voting, the number ...

Charges Dropped Against DuPage County War Protestors

Chicago Tribune | Art Barnum | Posted 09.20.2008 | Chicago


Disorderly conduct charges were dismissed Wednesday against two DuPage County war protesters after the main witness did not show up in court to testif...