Local Politics
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Geneva council could ban liquor license holders from office
Apr 13, 2025 10:09 am - Geneva City Council to revisit allowing liquor license holders to serve as elected officials, a decision made in 2016, after alderman raises conflict of interest concerns.
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Chlebek holds lead in Des Plaines’ 1st Ward raceApr 11, 2025 11:21 am - Margaret Chlebek remained the leader in Des Plaines’ 1st Ward aldermanic race over Jessica Mastalski on Friday.
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Lake Barrington officials to consider local grocery taxApr 11, 2025 9:43 am - Lake Barrington officials have joined the communities debating whether to create a local sales tax on groceries to offset the pending elimination of such a state tax.
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Elk Grove mayor touts data centers as cash cows for local governmentApr 10, 2025 9:10 pm - Elk Grove Village’s mayor on Thursday touted the benefits of data centers, which pay millions in taxes but require few services from local government.
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Wheeling police officers call for chief, deputy chief to be removedApr 10, 2025 5:18 pm - Union representatives for the Wheeling Police Department’s patrol officers and sergeants this week publicly demanded two of the agency’s leaders be removed from their posts.
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Lake Barrington village hall reopens after renovationsApr 10, 2025 2:49 pm - Closed for renovations since January, Lake Barrington’s village hall finally has reopened to the public.
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Three-term Village President Wallace to hand reins to lifelong Bartlett resident GunsteenApr 09, 2025 6:13 pm - If Bartlett Village President Kevin Wallace needed evidence his three terms were successful in erasing personal animosity from the village board’s governance, he found it in his imminent handover of the office to lifelong resident Dan Gunsteen after an uncontested election.
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Cook County's top prosecutor questions safety of electronic monitoring under chief judge
Apr 09, 2025 8:16 am - Cook County’s top prosecutor says she does not believe the chief judge can safely administer electronic monitoring and has instructed her lawyers to object every time it is imposed.
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Des Plaines closer to creating local grocery sales taxApr 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.
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Why pay for Des Plaines’ elected officials could increaseApr 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.