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    Subscriber Special: Kicking City Slickers off Farm Subsidies

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    My Journal Courier - Nothing wrong with incentive to do the best

    Feb 03, 2015

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    The College Fix - Outrage Over Golden Parachute For College President Who Hid Spending For Years

    Feb 02, 2015

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    Forbes - IL Attorney General Lisa Madigan's Friends and Family $1 Million Patronage Pay Problems

    Jan 30, 2015

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    Subscriber Special: IL Attorney General's Patronage Problems

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    Daily Herald: COD attorney: Watchdog tactics attempt to "shut down the College of DuPage."

    Jan 28, 2015

    A DuPage County judge ruled that the College of DuPage board must find a bigger room...

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    Chicago Tribune: College of DuPage revote on president's buyout follows years of secrecy

    Jan 28, 2015

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    WGN: New municipal salary numbers may irk taxpayers

    Jan 27, 2015

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    National Review: Report: 52 City Managers in Illinois Earn More than Any U.S. Governor Does

    Jan 27, 2015

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    Daily Herald: Watchdogs sue COD board over Robert Breuder severance deal

    Jan 27, 2015

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    Chicago Tribune: Watchdog group files lawsuit against College of DuPage

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    Forbes: The 'Big Dogs' Of Illinois Municipal Government 2015

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    Daily Herald: COD to vote again on Breuder $762,000 severance package

    Jan 26, 2015

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    Chicago Tribune: College of DuPage: 'Taxpayers do not count. Insiders do.'

    Jan 24, 2015

    College of DuPage Trustee Katharine Hamilton urged fellow board members to fire President...

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    Chicago Tribune: College of DuPage trustees OK president's $750,000-plus buyout deal

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