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Des Plaines closer to creating local grocery sales tax

By Russell Lissau
Apr 08, 2025 12:57 pm - Des Plaines city council members on Monday overwhelmingly supported creating a local 1% sales tax on grocery items to offset the pending elimination of an identical state tax.
Why pay for Des Plaines’ elected officials could increase

By Russell Lissau
Apr 07, 2025 8:49 pm - Des Plaines’ future mayors, city council members and city clerks would be paid significantly better than the current officials under a new proposal.
Appellate court backs IDOT in revoking Oakbrook Terrace red-light cameras; city pondering appeal

By Marni Pyke
Apr 07, 2025 6:54 pm - “A good day for honest Illinois motorists,” an Oak Brook trustee said Monday after a state appeals court upheld the removal of a red-light camera in neighboring Oakbrook Terrace.
What drove voter turnout in some suburban counties this election?

By Jake Griffin
Apr 06, 2025 9:00 pm - Some counties saw significant increases in voter turnout Tuesday from four years ago, while voting in other parts of the suburbs was either stagnant or declined.
‘We got killed’: Cemetery board weighing next move after referendum fails

Brenda Schory
Apr 06, 2025 2:07 pm - The future is uncertain for several Kane County cemeteries after the Campton Township Cemetery District’s referendum failed Tuesday.
Sugar Grove voters say ‘No’ to The Grove in advisory measure

David Petesch
Apr 06, 2025 10:23 am - Sugar Grove voters last week backed an advisory referendum calling for village officials to rescind previous approval of the massive The Grove development near Interstate 88 and Illinois Route 47 interchange.
‘What democracy looks like’: Demonstrators protest Trump, Musk in Arlington Heights and other suburbs

By Russell Lissau
Apr 05, 2025 1:20 pm - Critics of President Donald Trump and adviser Elon Musk took to the streets in Arlington Heights and across the nation Saturday in an array of planned protests.
Changes at the top: Meet the new mayors of the North and Northwest suburbs

By Christopher Placek
Apr 05, 2025 12:00 pm - Here’s a look at the new mayors and village presidents who were elected across the Northwest suburbs and Lake County last week, and what they hope to accomplish.
Democrat deputy to succeed Republican Schaumburg Township assessor after yearslong dilemma

By Eric Peterson
Apr 04, 2025 4:43 pm - Longtime Schaumburg Township Assessor John Lawson, a Republican, will be succeeded by his Chief Deputy Assessor Victor Morales, a Democrat, at the end of the year following Tuesday’s election.
Service, workforce cuts possible after voters spurn Kane’s $51 million sales tax request

By Brenda Schory
Apr 04, 2025 8:56 am - Kane County Board members are reacting to voters overwhelmingly rejecting a proposed county sales tax increase, with some saying that spending cuts may be necessary.

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