Local Politics
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Des Plaines moves to ban sale of unregulated hemp productsApr 15, 2024 8:39 pm - The Des Plaines City Council on Monday took a big step toward outlawing the local sale of potentially intoxicating products made from hemp or kratom plants. Without oppos...
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Barrington considering TIF district for downtown redevelopmentApr 15, 2024 7:56 pm - Barrington is taking its first steps toward creating a new tax increment financing district to spur redevelopment in the “Golden Triangle” area of the village’s downtown....
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Indian Prairie 204 eyes November referendumApr 15, 2024 11:33 am - Indian Prairie School District 204 wants to know what voters think of a potential referendum in the fall. The school district is considering placing a question on the Nov...
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Schools’ tax attorney to Bears: Dismiss your appealApr 11, 2024 7:11 pm - The attorney for three Arlington Heights-area school districts called on the Bears to drop their Arlington Park property tax appeal, which could refund the NFL club $7.2 ...
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‘We haven’t gotten anything yet’: Church has yet to ask for changes to development planApr 11, 2024 4:28 pm - A religious group’s controversial proposal to build a church and school in South Barrington can’t move forward until it resubmits a request to amend the property’s develo...
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Rosemont’s Stephens statue will be on the moveApr 10, 2024 2:33 pm - The eight-foot, 1,500-pound bronze-cast statue of Rosemont’s founding Mayor Donald E. Stephens — along with furniture, computers and paperwork that might fit more easily ...
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‘We can’t play the shell game’: Water rate going up 11% in MundeleinApr 10, 2024 1:01 pm - The cost of filling a glass of water from the kitchen tap, taking a shower or flushing a toilet in Mundelein is going up. A divided village board on Monday approved an 11...
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Votes finalized in McHenry County from March primary; Eric Hendricks prevails as GOP county board nominee
Apr 10, 2024 12:17 pm - With votes finalized following a Monday canvass in McHenry County, the Mental Health Board sales tax has officially passed and incumbent McHenry County Board member Eric ...
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Krishnamoorthi: ‘We need an immediate, sustained cease-fire’Apr 09, 2024 7:38 pm - As international pressure on Israel mounts following the deaths of seven aid workers who were killed by Israeli airstrikes in Gaza, Democratic Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi of...
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Should DuPage County elected officials get a pay raise?Apr 09, 2024 4:40 pm - DuPage County Board members are considering raises for those colleagues up for reelection in the fall, a question the board must address before each election. One-third ...