Local Politics
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New police chief takes over in WheelingFeb 03, 2026 10:32 am - The Wheeling Police Department’s new chief was sworn in Monday.
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Ordinance prohibiting ICE from staging on Downers Grove property up for vote Tuesday
Feb 02, 2026 1:50 pm - An ordinance that would prohibit Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents from staging on Downers Grove municipal property is expected be voted on at Tuesday’s village council meeting.
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Plan for 5-story building on Fox River Grove’s Block B ‘unlikely’ without new TIF, consultant says
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Car wash proposed in MundeleinFeb 02, 2026 11:33 am - Mundelein’s planning and zoning commission will meet Wednesday night to discuss a proposal for a car wash and a commercial building.
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‘He knows what our interests are in Washington’: DuPage County to pay D.C. lobbyist up to $96KJan 30, 2026 11:59 am - DuPage County Board members have agreed to spend up to $96,000 on a one-year contract with a federal lobbyist.
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Antioch’s picks new village administrator from more than 150 applicantsJan 30, 2026 9:53 am - Andrew Lichterman, who worked in Deerfield village government the last 15 years, is Antioch’s new village administrator.
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‘Profoundly hurtful’: GOP office in Arlington Heights vandalized with swastikas and fecesJan 29, 2026 5:48 pm - Video surveillance shows a man and a woman vandalizing the Wheeling Township Republican office in Arlington Heights, drawing swastikas and profanities on windows and throwing feces near the entrance.
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Republican leaders condemn suburban GOP state House candidate for Holocaust viewsJan 29, 2026 4:43 pm - Cook County and state Republican leaders are condemning Elk Grove Township Republican Committeeman Edward Lapinski for affirming Holocaust-denying views in a text exchange with another GOP official.
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DuPage County Board urges Congress to investigate immigration enforcement efforts; withhold DHS fundingJan 29, 2026 11:44 am - DuPage County Board members are urging congressmen to withhold funding for the Department of Homeland Security until a thorough investigation is conducted into recent immigration enforcement incidents, such as the fatal shootings in Minnesota.
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$2 billion data center proposal in Barrington Hills withdrawnJan 27, 2026 12:21 pm - A real estate developer has withdrawn a proposal to build a data center in Barrington Hills, officials announced.