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How to decide whether a will or a living trust best for you

When engaging in the estate planning process, one of the threshold issues is whether to have a will or a living trust as your...

Schillerstrom: Give home rule a chance…

While the DuPage County Board may have the authority to invoke home rule, it's uncertain if divided leaders will ever get to that point.Chairman...

Older homes’ appeal growing

Real estate agents sold 561 homes built before 1940 in 2006, 87 more than they did in 2005, according to the Bloomington-Normal Association of Realtors. Old home sales in 2006 were at the highest level since 1999 when agents sold 490 pre-1940s homes.

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Investigation by CHA and HUD Inspectors General ends with guilty plea...

The Chicago Housing Authority will receive restitution for money stolen by a former contractor and her husband after the pair pleaded guilty to stealing funds intended for the Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) program, a crime that was exposed following an investigation by the CHA’s Office of the Inspector General.

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Make Your Garage Door Quieter

How to Make Your Garage Door Quieter

Did you know that the structural noise from a garage can be anywhere from 5 decibels to 20 decibels above the background noise levels? And if you are wondering how much change would a 20-decibel increase make, then consider this – with a rise of 20 decibels, the sound energy increases by a factor of 100!