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But chance of being called also will rise By CHELSEA McDOUGALL Daryl Quitalig for Shaw Media
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cmcdougall@shawmedia.com WOODSTOCK – Starting Monday, your chances of getting called for jury duty increase exponentially. So does the amount you’ll be paid for your civic duty. A new law that takes effect June 1 requires counties to pay jurors $25 for the first day, and $50 for each additional day they serve. That’s a 300 percent hike from the earlier rate. In McHenry County, jurors were paid $5 a day, and $12.50 a day if they were seated on a trial, plus reimbursement for gas mileage. To skirt around the second-day increase, McHenry County’s 22nd Judicial Circuit will call a new pool of jurors each day. In the past, the jury commission summoned about 130 McHenry
County residents each Monday, and those jurors were expected to serve an entire week. Under the new plan, 100 McHenry County citizens will report on Monday; a new group of 75 on Tuesday; and about 30 people on Wednesday. If you’re not seated to hear testimony on the day you report, your jury service is over. Jury trials generally don’t happen on Thursdays or Fridays, and it is unlikely that new jurors would need to be called those days, Court Administrator Dan Wallis explained. The local circuit also will cut the length of grand jury service. Previously, those serving on a grand jury reported for half days, two days a week for a month. Now, they will serve a full day, once a week, Wallis said.
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Huntley High School Valedictorian Parth Patel uses a selfie stick to shoot a self-portrait with distinguished faculty members during his speech Saturday at Sears Centre in Hoffman Estates. TOP LEFT: Cayla Hausler waves to family as she and other students enter the gymnasium at Crystal Lake Central High School in Crystal Lake. TOP RIGHT: Brennan White (right), 18, of Cary reacts as Matthew Wells, 18, of Palatine adjusts his cap in the upper gym before commencement at Cary-Grove High School on Saturday.
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Prairie Ridge graduates line up before commencement at Prairie Ridge High School.
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SPRINGFIELD – Illinois lawmakers scurried through a long todo list Saturday as the spring-session clock winds down, but there was little mention of the biggest obstacle standing in the way of concluding their business – a budget deficit of at least $3 billion. A day after Gov. Bruce Rauner challenged legislative Democrats to work through the weekend to seal a deal before Sunday’s scheduled adjournment,
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the Republican was in the Capitol but his staff would not say what he was doing. Rauner is willing to consider a tax increase in exchange for business-friendly reforms he says are critical to recharging the state’s economy. Majority Democrats in the General Assembly didn’t let the stalemate stand in the way of moving substantial legislation. They approved a plan to equip police officers with body cameras following protests over the deaths of black
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ive local high schools bid farewell to their graduating seniors Saturday in ceremonies that included laughs, tears and a few selfies. All four of Crystal Lake-based District 155’s schools held their commencement exercises on the cool, windy day, as did Huntley-based District 158. Many of the graduates plan to continue their education at colleges and universities across the country, with others headed for careers, military service and further adventures. Read more on PAGES A8-10.
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