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Human Needs Task Force meets in Park Ridge

By LocalLabs News Service | Sep 11, 2016

The city of Park Ridge Human Needs Task Force will meet at 8:30 a.m. Tuesday to address community needs.

Park Ridge task force addresses prescription drug abuse

By LocalLabs News Service | Sep 11, 2016

The city of Park Ridge Human Needs Task Force met June 14 to address prescription drug abuse.

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Palatine committee approves trick-or-treating hours

By LocalLabs News Service | Sep 11, 2016

The Palatine Village Council & Committee of the Whole met Tuesday to discuss Halloween hours.

Prospect Heights panel to discuss water quality

By LocalLabs News Service | Sep 11, 2016

The city of Prospect Heights Water Committee will meet at 8 a.m. Saturday to discuss the water quality of Greenbrier..

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Prospect Heights commissioners discuss fall burn plan

By LocalLabs News Service | Sep 11, 2016

The city of Prospect Heights Natural Resources Commission met Thursday to discuss fall burn plan.

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Confusion follows shuttering of Illinois health insurance co-op

By LocalLabs News Service | Sep 9, 2016

Policy holders who bought from an insurance co-op in Illinois remain upset and confused about the future of their care more than a month after the debt-laden company was ordered to close by insurance regulators.

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Latest round of John Deere layoffs unfortunate but not surprising, conservative think tank associate says

By LocalLabs News Service | Sep 9, 2016

Manufacturing workers in Illinois suffered yet another blow this week when a major machinery manufacturer announced the layoffs of hundreds of workers in Illinois, an associate for a Chicago-based conservative think tank said in a recent article.

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Amid talk of strike, rhetoric between AFSCME, state officials heats up

By LocalLabs News Service | Sep 9, 2016

While whispers of "strike" continue to be heard among the membership of the state's largest public sector union, the on-and-off negotiations with the governor reveal the power of that union, the president of a nonpartisan public-interest litigation center said.

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National $15 minimum wage could exacerbate Illinois job losses

By LocalLabs News Service | Sep 9, 2016

With Congress weighing legislation that would bring the minimum wage up to $15 per hour by 2021, Illinois faces job losses as a result of the Pay Workers a Living Wage Act.

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Streator man says Mautino probes began with his decision to speak out

By LocalLabs News Service | Sep 9, 2016

Despite a federal criminal investigation underway and state lawmakers continually calling on Illinois's embattled Auditor General Frank Mautino to answer questions about prior campaign expenditures, the only person who has filed a complaint said he feels all alone.

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Executive's move to Indiana reflects problem for Illinois

By LocalLabs News Service | Sep 9, 2016

An executive who has lived in Illinois almost all of his life says he is being driven out by economy and politics.

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Park Ridge to interview Community Health Commission candidates

By LocalLabs News Service | Sep 8, 2016

The city of Park Ridge mayor's advisory board will meet at 6 p.m. Sept. 19 to discuss new business.

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Boomers baseball named Organization of the Year

By LocalLabs News Service | Sep 2, 2016

The Frontier League recently named the Schaumburg Boomers baseball team as its Organization of the Year for 2016.

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U.S. House Speaker Paul Ryan visits Winnetka for Dold funder

By LocalLabs News Service | Aug 30, 2016

The nation's leading elected Republican visited the North Shore to help a fellow House member.

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GOP says Madigan to blame for keeping Independent Map Amendment off November ballot

By LocalLabs News Service | Aug 26, 2016

The Illinois Supreme Court has ruled that the Independent Map Amendment should be kept off the November ballot.

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Rauner: Mapping ballot measure may suffer term limits' fate in high court

By LocalLabs News Service | Aug 22, 2016

No one knows which way the state's Supreme Court will rule on the pending Independent Map Amendment ballot measure, but the litigation could face the same fate as previous rulings about term limits, Gov. Bruce Rauner recently told reporters.

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Second week of Olympics adds to Illinois medal count

By LocalLabs News Service | Aug 22, 2016

It was another successful week for athletes from Illinois at the 2016 Summer Olympic Games in Rio, as our participants hit the medal stand in six different events.

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No Democrats yet to pledge to NoMoreMadigan

By LocalLabs News Service | Aug 19, 2016

Mike Strick, Republican candidate for District 84 in the Illinois House of Representatives, recently asserted that his NoMoreMadigan pledge has been garnering some positive responses among voters and candidates these past few weeks.

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School districts' pension 'pickups' cost students and taxpayers

By LocalLabs News Service | Aug 19, 2016

The practice of the "pickup" -- where school districts pay some, if not all, of teachers' contributions into their own retirement pensions -- could leave Illinois' educators, students and taxpayers high and dry.

Park Ridge City Council Minutes

By LocalLabs News Service | Aug 2, 2016

Park Ridge City Council met Monday, July 18.The Park Ridge City Council is composed of the mayor, city clerk and seven aldermen, one from each of the city’s seven wards.CITY OF PARK RIDGE 505 BUTLER PLACE PARK RIDGE, IL 60068 TEL: 847-318-5200 FAX: 847-318-5300 TDD: 847-318-5252 www.parkridge.us J O U R N A L O F T H E P R O C E E D I N G S Page 1 of 7 REGULAR MEETING OF THE PARK RIDGE CITY COUNCIL CITY HALL COUNCIL CHAMBERS 505 BUTLER PLACE PARK RIDGE, IL 60068 MONDAY, JULY 18, 2016 AT 7:00 P.M