The Mundelein Board of Trustees approved a redevelopment plan and a third tax increment financing (TIF) district last week and at least one trustee emeritus thinks TIFs are being overused.
A Christian organization wants the Waukegan Board of Education to table its upcoming April 13 vote that could lead to renaming Thomas Jefferson Middle School after former President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama until an objective criteria has been established.
When Mayor Sam Cunningham campaigned in 2017, his political flyers promised that he would resist increasing property taxes but his opponent in the upcoming April 6 election alleges that he was not truthful.
Incumbent Waukegan Mayor Sam Cunningham easily won the Democratic primary over Miguel Rivera last week with 65.23% of the vote, according to media reports.
After Alderman Keith Turner posted a sign on his front lawn supporting candidate Ann Taylor for mayor last week, he received a text from current Waukegan Mayor Sam Cunningham.
Ann Taylor is campaigning to be mayor of Waukegan in the April 2021 election as an Independent rather than a Democrat or Republican because she believes she must work with everyone.
Federal prosecutors have made a series of requests to the Cook County assessor’s office for records regarding two of Gov. Pritzker's properties on N. Astor
Approximately 78 percent of parents support the launch of charter public schools in their neighborhood, according to a new study from the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools.
Chicago public schools, students, teachers and other community members rallied June 11 at Lincoln Park High School, requesting that the city allocate less money to the Chicago Police Department, according to media reports. However, without police personnel, teachers, principals and superintendents could end up disciplining unruly students on their own, according to a Republican state senator.
If Gov. J.B. Pritzker gets the 4,000 ventilators he's requested, Illinois could end up with 2,280 more ventilators than it needs under worst-case scenario projections for the coronavirus crisis in Illinois, according to an analysis of recently released data from the state.