Local Politics
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Freezing temperatures complicate Chicago’s struggles to house asylum-seekers
Jan 18, 2024 6:30 am - As temperatures hover below freezing in Chicago, dozens of asylum-seekers are staying in the lower level of a library until the bitter cold gripping much of the country l...
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Rolling Meadows could owe Arlington Heights $1 million over taxes received in errorJan 17, 2024 6:48 am - Rolling Meadows may have to pay Arlington Heights more than $1 million in misallocated sales taxes from Cooper’s Hawk Winery & Restaurant, following a recent state appeal...
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Why Roselle is seeking home rule authority on the March ballotJan 15, 2024 6:24 pm - Roselle officials will make the case for home-rule powers during a forum at the village hall Thursday night. Voters in Roselle will decide whether the village should beco...
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Kane County officials draft proclamation amid asylum seeker influxJan 10, 2024 9:18 pm - Stymied by a lack of legal authority to prevent migrants seeking asylum from entering their communities, Kane County officials are drafting a bipartisan proclamation call...
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Buffalo Grove ready to pass ordinance restricting migrant drop-offsJan 02, 2024 11:46 am - Buffalo Grove is ready to join other suburbs in passing an ordinance to deter unscheduled drop-offs of migrants from the southern border. The village board is expected to...
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South Barrington joins suburbs cracking down on migrant busesDec 29, 2023 12:39 pm - With unscheduled deliveries of busloads of migrants who crossed into the U.S. in Texas becoming more common in the suburbs, South Barrington officials Thursday night took...
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Will District 128 ask voters to fund capital projects? Officials are looking at referendumDec 29, 2023 9:49 am - Over the past several years, Libertyville-Vernon Hills Area High School District 128 has funded tens of millions of dollars in building-related projects at both high scho...
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Trying to ‘make it happen’: How Arlington Heights is working to resolve tax dispute between Bears, schoolsDec 22, 2023 6:33 am - Though they’ve mostly been quiet publicly, Arlington Heights and Bears officials have been working for months to resolve a property tax dispute over the NFL franchise’s 326-acre Arlington Park property, according to records obtained through Freedom of Information Act requests.
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Hoffman Estates village board approves 10% pay raises for its next termsDec 20, 2023 12:18 pm - The Hoffman Estates village board has approved 10% salary increases for its eight elected offices. The pay hikes will take effect after the next elections for those pos...
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Pappas adds more online tools to boost property tax transparencyDec 18, 2023 5:00 am - Cook County property owners can now track how much more money they are sending each government agency that gets a cut of their annual property tax bill. A new online port...