Local Politics
-
‘More than a dozen meetings and … a dozen months’: How the Bears stadium approval process might lookSep 13, 2025 1:00 pm - The Bears are meeting with Arlington Heights officials to finalize a site plan for their domed stadium and mixed-use development at the 326-acre Arlington Park property. After plans are unveiled publicly, the village approval process is expected to last at least a year.
-
Man arrested in Charlie Kirk's killing had no known criminal history, had become 'more political'Sep 12, 2025 3:22 pm - WASHINGTON (AP) — Family members of the young Utah man accused of shooting Charlie Kirk told authorities he had recently become “more political” and saw the ally of Presi...
-
Des Plaines District 62 budget up for review MondaySep 12, 2025 1:37 pm - The Des Plaines District 62 school board will hold a public hearing about the proposed budget for the 2026 fiscal year Monday.
-
‘Senseless violence’: Charlie Kirk remembered by suburban leadersSep 11, 2025 9:16 pm - Charlie Kirk, a Wheeling High graduate, had been involved in politics from a young age, volunteering for campaigns and founding Turning Point in 2012 while a teenager.
-
Chicago Ald. Brendan Reilly challenging Preckwinkle Cook County Board presidentSep 11, 2025 8:08 pm - Chicago Alderman Brendan Reilly is running for Cook County board president in the March 2026 Democratic primary, billing himself as an independent reformer.
-
‘Fast and bright’: Former congressman Joe Walsh recalls campaigning with teen Charlie KirkSep 11, 2025 7:59 pm - Joe Walsh, a former Tea Party Republican congressman, mourns Charlie Kirk, who he mentored on the campaign trail 15 years ago.
-
Federal suit alleges harassment, inappropriate practices in St. Charles Police DepartmentSep 11, 2025 5:28 pm - A federal lawsuit claims former St. Charles Police Chief James Keegan, who resigned in March, ran a department where discrimination, sexual harassment and questionable practices took place in the months leading up to his exit.
-
‘Might not be right for Rolling Meadows’: Council rejects plan to narrow Kirchoff RoadSep 10, 2025 6:49 pm - Rolling Meadows’ city council voted 4-3 against implementing a so-called “road diet” of a milelong stretch of Kirchoff Road that would have reduced the thoroughfare from five lanes to three.
-
Mundelein launches webpage for $2 billion Ivanhoe Village developmentSep 09, 2025 4:28 pm - Extensive information about the proposed Ivanhoe Village residential and commercial development has been compiled in a single digital repository on Mundelein’s website.
-
‘This is what we need here’: Cluster of small shops proposed for MundeleinSep 09, 2025 1:38 pm - A community group has proposed Mundelein create a walkable marketplace of small shops for boutique clothiers, artists, bakers and other merchants.