Local Politics
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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.
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Appellate court backs IDOT in revoking Oakbrook Terrace red-light cameras; city pondering appealApr 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.
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What drove voter turnout in some suburban counties this election?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.