Local Politics
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‘Stand up for our hometowns’: Suburban mayors slam transit proposalJun 29, 2025 9:00 pm - A coalition of 25 suburban mayors is beseeching lawmakers to think twice before approving a transit rescue plan they say is seriously flawed.
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Elburn rejects proposal to allow golf carts on streets
Jun 29, 2025 7:55 am - Elburn will not become a golf cart community, following a recent unanimous village board vote against the proposal.
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New trustee to join Lake Barrington village boardJun 27, 2025 1:15 pm - The Lake Barrington Village Board will meet on Tuesday, July 1, to appoint a new member to its ranks and handle other business.
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Tie vote kills strip club’s hope for liquor license from Kane County commission
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Maine Township assessor offering free help with assessment appealsJun 24, 2025 5:33 pm - Des Plaines- and Park Ridge-area homeowners seeking to appeal recent property assessments can get help from Maine Township Assessor Susan Moylan Krey through July 15.
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Kaneland schools sue Sugar Grove to get rid of the Grove TIF districtJun 24, 2025 11:24 am - The Kaneland school district is suing Sugar Grove, saying the village was wrong to approve a large mixed-use development and create a tax-increment financing district for it.
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Durbin, Duckworth warn Iran bombings could drag U.S. into Middle East quagmireJun 23, 2025 8:29 pm - Democratic U.S. Sens. Tammy Duckworth and Dick Durbin panned strikes against nuclear sites in Iran ordered by President Donald Trump on Saturday in separate statements.
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‘It was horrific’: Elgin immigrants advocates say ramped-up deportation push brings fear, uneaseJun 21, 2025 5:30 pm - The federal government’s expanded mass deportation operations in the Chicago area and other large cities are taking a toll on the immigrant community in Elgin, advocates said.
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‘Her ideas were trailblazing’: Former Des Plaines civic leader Rosemary Argus has diedJun 19, 2025 2:13 pm - Rosemary S. Argus, a former member of both the Mount Prospect Park District board and the Des Plaines City Council died Wednesday. She was 88.
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Why Des Plaines might get a fourth fire stationJun 19, 2025 12:51 pm - Des Plaines would get a fourth fire station under a $16.5 million plan touted by Chief Matt Matzl.