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Gold: 'We finally are getting it off the ground a little bit'

By Solange DeLisle | Oct 29, 2022

Safety updates and building improvements are just a few of the exciting things happening within the Big Hollow School District 38, according to Superintendent Bob Gold.

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Swidersky: 'I can't think of a more deserving student than Alex Luna'

By Solange DeLisle | Oct 28, 2022

An eighth grade soccer player has received high praise from the Big Hollow School District 38 after recently being named the district's Student of the Month during a recent board meeting.

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Hetrovicz updates Big Hollow BOE about new curriculum curation process

By Solange DeLisle | Sep 19, 2022

Lake County's Big Hollow School District 38 presented its work toward transitioning to a new curriculum curation process during the July board of education meeting.

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'My parental rights don't end there,' McLaughlin speaks out against new sex education standards in schools

By Solange DeLisle | Sep 14, 2022

While Illinois Democrats were focused on updating standards for schools that teach sex education, test scores show less than half of students in the Prairie State can read at grade level.

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Wilcox: 'What good is the FOID card system if people like the Highland Park alleged shooter slip through the cracks?'

By Solange DeLisle | Jul 28, 2022

Illinois state Sen. Craig Wilcox (R-McHenry) believes there are major flaws in the state's Firearm Owners Identification (FOID) card system after it failed to keep guns out of the hands of the man charged in connection to the Highland Park parade shooting.

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Wilcox on food price increases: 'Doesn’t it leave a bad taste in your mouth?'

By Solange DeLisle | Jul 26, 2022

From the coffee you drink in the morning to the bacon, eggs, and buttered toast you eat for breakfast or the milk you pour on your cereal, the cost for almost everything has gone up drastically in the past year.

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McConchie on Highland Park Fourth of July parade shooting: 'This will be a tragedy never forgotten'

By Solange DeLisle | Jul 6, 2022

At least seven people were killed and dozens more injured during a mass shooting at the Fourth of July parade in Highland Park in what Senate Republican leader Dan McConchie (R-Hawthorn Woods) called “an attack on America.”

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Bos on companies leaving Illinois: 'We have to make our state the best place to do business'

By Solange DeLisle | Jul 1, 2022

As another company announces it will be moving out of Illinois, state Rep. Chris Bos (R-Lake Zurich) believes the State needs to do more to keep businesses in the Prairie State and allow room for growth.

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Bos: 'We have introduced a repeal of the SAFE-T Act'

By Solange DeLisle | Jun 28, 2022

Illinois State Rep. Chris Bos (R-Lake Zurich) wants to improve safety for Illinois families and has publicly supported a repeal of the Safety, Accountability, Fairness and Equity-Today (SAFE-T) Act.

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Bos: 'We are working to promote education transparency'

By Solange DeLisle | Jun 23, 2022

Illinois State Rep. Chris Bos (R-Lake Zurich) wants to improve the state's education system by ensuring parents know and have a say in what's being taught to their children and seeing that more funding goes to the classrooms instead of towards school administration.

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Bos: 'Illinois' economy is lagging behind the rest of the midwestern states'

By Solange DeLisle | Jun 10, 2022

Illinois State Rep. Chris Bos (R-Lake Zurich) wants state leaders to promote economic growth in the Prairie State after its economy was found to be falling behind to other states in the Midwest.

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'This is a great deal': Metra CEO reveals flat-rate unlimited ride pass starting in July

By Solange DeLisle | Jun 3, 2022

Chicago's commuter rail system is hoping to entice passengers to consider riding trains to their destinations by offering a set monthly rate for unlimited rides as gas prices continue to climb.

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Wilcox has 'pretty low' confidence in DCFS Director: 'I have no sense he has a pulse of where the organization's troubles are'

By Solange DeLisle | May 26, 2022

Illinois State Sen. Craig Wilcox (R-McHenry) said his confidence in Department of Children and Family Services Director Mark Smith is "pretty low" after Smith was issued his 11th contempt citation this year for failing to appropriately place a vulnerable child.

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Bos on new laws to improve DCFS: 'We are taking some important steps in the right direction'

By Solange DeLisle | May 25, 2022

Illinois is making steps toward meaningful reform to help children in the state's custody now that four pieces of legislation aimed at improving the agency responsible for caring for the kids have become law.

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Bos: Delay in gas tax hike 'does not go nearly far enough to provide relief'

By Solange DeLisle | May 24, 2022

State Rep. Chris Bos (R-Lake Zurich) wants his colleagues to bring financial relief to Illinois families who are trying to stay afloat amid record inflation and rising gas prices.

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'Our children cannot wait;' Bos demands answers from DCFS director

By Solange DeLisle | Feb 25, 2022

Illinois State Rep. Chris Bos (R-Lake Zurich) has demanded answers after Illinois's Department of Child and Family Services Director Marc Smith has been held in contempt of court for the fourth time in a month and a half.

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McLaughlin: 'Still no answers forthcoming as the scope of fraudulent claims'

By Solange DeLisle | Feb 20, 2022

State Rep. Martin McLaughlin (R-Barrington Hills) is still waiting to learn the specifics about how much the state paid in fraudulent unemployment benefits during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Wilcox critical of Pritzker's budget plan, says GOP tax relief would be 'permanent'

By Solange DeLisle | Feb 16, 2022

State Sen. Craig Wilcox (R-McHenry) said Gov. J.B. Pritzker (D) "was not a financial magician," rather it was federal funding behind the state's improved financial status this past year.

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Wilcox marks World Cancer Day and Go Red for Women's Health Day

By Solange DeLisle | Feb 9, 2022

Illinois State Sen. Craig Wilcox (R-McHenry) has joined others from around the globe in marking a day set aside to promote heart health in women and raise awareness for cancer.

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Bos warns scammers 'busy trying to take advantage' during holidays; tips to protect yourself

By Solange DeLisle | Dec 17, 2021

'Tis the season for giving, but while you may be in the spirit of donating, scammers are acting Grinch-like, the Illinois state Rep. Chris Bos (R-Lake Zurich) is reminding people to be cautious.