Local Politics
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Why Kane County is taking more time to decide on new sales tax referendumApr 25, 2024 8:57 pm - A Kane County Board committee has further delayed deciding whether to ask voters to approve a new sales tax. Dale Berman, chairman of the finance and budget committee, as...
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Park district: No taxpayer dollars will be spent to expand Cosley Zoo parkingApr 24, 2024 7:11 pm - If the Wheaton Park District gets the green light to build a 93-space parking lot across the street from Cosley Zoo, the project would cost an estimated $2.1 million, off...
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With new campaign contributions in tow, Elk Grove mayor announces reelection bidApr 24, 2024 5:42 pm - Already Elk Grove Village’s longest-serving mayor, Craig Johnson announced Tuesday he will seek an unprecedented eighth term in next year’s election. At the same time, lo...
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McHenry County State’s Attorney Patrick Kenneally drops re-election bid, will step down as top prosecutor
Apr 23, 2024 9:08 pm - McHenry County State’s Attorney Patrick Kenneally said Tuesday that, “after nonstop agonizing,” he has chosen not to seek re-election in November. It would have been his ...
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Controversial Downers Grove library trustee removed from board
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New interactive sculpture commissioned for Mundelein parkApr 23, 2024 9:07 pm - A large, interactive sculpture of an upturned, oversized hand is coming to Mundelein’s Courtland Commons park. The village board on Monday voted to hire Kentucky artist M...
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Kane County GOP elects chair to second two-year termApr 21, 2024 8:45 pm - Andro Lerario has been reelected for another two-year term as chair of the Kane County Republican Party. Precinct committee persons reelected Lerario, who ran without opp...
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Wheeling expands, renames business grant programApr 19, 2024 7:13 pm - A Wheeling grant program that helps business owners pay for renovations and other site improvements is expanding again — and getting a new name. Perhaps most significantl...
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Why a former garbage dump could be turned into a solar farmApr 18, 2024 8:00 pm - A private company wants to create a solar farm on the site of a former landfill in South Barrington. The proposal is for vacant land at 541 E. Mundhank Road. The 110-acre...
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Des Plaines awards $250,000 in social service grantsApr 17, 2024 5:15 pm - Thirty-seven community programs and groups that aim to assist troubled kids, homeless people, sexual assault victims and others in need will receive grants totaling $250,...