Local Politics
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Vernon Area Public Library expansion plan headed to ballotAug 06, 2026 2:51 pm - Vernon Area Public Library District residents will be asked this fall to approve a $53 million expansion plan.
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Scholnick picked to serve on District 15 school boardAug 06, 2026 10:06 am - Meghan Scholnick was sworn in as Palatine Township Elementary School District 15’s new school board member at Wednesday’s meeting.
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‘This is going to be fun’: Firms hired to restore historic Des Plaines buildingAug 05, 2026 3:02 pm - The exterior and interior restorations of a historic building in downtown Des Plaines will begin soon.
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Senior apartment building’s 4-story height next to homes not ‘going to fly,’ Arlington Heights mayor saysAug 04, 2026 3:27 pm - Despite supporting the concept, Arlington Heights village board members said a proposed four-story, 60-unit affordable senior housing development on Golf Road is too tall and too close to neighboring homes.
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South Barrington looking at creating special taxing district to improve old Allstate headquarters siteAug 04, 2026 2:29 pm - South Barrington officials are taking steps to create a special taxing district that would help fund improvements at the former Allstate headquarters and in a neighboring office complex.
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‘This is bush league stuff’: Hoffman Estates mayor seeks return to civility after chaotic ending to board meetingAug 04, 2026 11:22 am - What began as a protest and appeal to Hoffman Estates officials to take a more proactive stance against any U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement presence in the village spun into chaos after one speaker was ejected from Monday’s village board meeting by not giving up the microphone within the three minutes allowed.
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Residents submit nearly 9,000 signatures seeking Aurora recall referendum
Aug 02, 2026 2:14 pm - A group of Aurora residents submitted petitions with just under 9,000 signatures Friday to add two recall referendum questions to the city’s November ballot, leaders of the group said.
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Illinois Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias announces run for Chicago mayor
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Open house about Oakton and Lee streets in Des Plaines on Aug. 6Jul 31, 2026 6:46 am - You can help shape the plans for the Oakton Street and Lee Street corridor in Des Plaines at an Aug. 6 open house.
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Safety or surveillance? Debate over license plate cameras in the suburbs heats upJul 30, 2026 5:37 pm - The heated national debate over the proliferation of automated license-plate reading cameras flared up in the suburbs this month, both in the halls of government and on the streets.