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Lawmakers Push Back Filing Deadline

Illinois State Board of Elections

Municipal state workers won't have to work Christmas Eve. The deadline for candidates to file petitions for local offices will now be the day after Christmas.The filing deadline for the spring consolidated election was previously scheduled for Dec. 24. That would have meant paying overtime for some city workers.
The first day to file nominating petitions is Monday, Dec. 17.

Rock River Times: Filing deadline for RVC board moved to Dec. 26

Jenna Dooley has spent her professional career in public radio. She is a graduate of Northern Illinois University and the Public Affairs Reporting Program at the University of Illinois - Springfield. She returned to Northern Public Radio in DeKalb after several years hosting Morning Edition at WUIS-FM in Springfield. She is a former "Newsfinder of the Year" from the Illinois Associated Press and recipient of NIU's Donald R. Grubb Journalism Alumni Award. She is an active member of the Illinois News Broadcasters Association and an adjunct instructor at NIU.
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