After much discussion, the nearly $1.7 million budget deficit facing the city of Rolling Meadows will likely translate to a short-term loan and an approximate 12.8 percent increase to the city's portion of its residents' property taxes. As Mayor Ken...

Rolling Meadows city officials were a tough crowd for the city's public works director Tuesday. Rolling Meadows Public Works Director Fred Vogt was tasked with justifying numerous 2011 proposed public works budget items, and with an ordinance for t...

Schaumburg Township Elementary School District 54 approved its school calendars for 2011-12 and 2012-13 Thursday after some discussion around making Veterans Day a nonattendance holiday for the upcoming school years. The board approved the calendar,...

In what has been the trend for more than 10 years, the village of Bartlett's portion of the 2010 proposed property tax levy will not increase, village officials proudly announced Tuesday. “I'm happy to always say the village's line item has not gone...

It was no small loss for Bartlett business owner Murray Friedman. For the owner of Bannerman's Sports Grill, the Bartlett plan commission's vote against his special use permit request to host midget wrestling was another strike against his attempt t...

Facing a nearly $1.7 million budget deficit, the Rolling Meadows City Council continued to talk figures Tuesday night, examining the possibility of cuts in 2011 as well as short-term borrowing for 2010. Council members questioned several budget ite...

Noting the fortuitous coupling of a balanced budget and successful test scores, Schaumburg Township Elementary District 54 board members counted their blessings as the district revealed that the majority of its students met or exceeded state standar...

Barrington Unit District 220 continued to discuss whether to start a program to teach Mandarin Chinese in its elementary schools Tuesday, committing to a presentation with more details at its next board meeting. The school district has been consider...

Facing the choice of cutting services or raising property taxes, Rolling Meadows City Council members on Tuesday discussed how to hack away at the nearly $1.7 million deficit facing the city. The proposed budget as it stands in its current form ava...

The Arlington Heights Elementary District 25 board voted 5-0 Thursday to adopt the 2010-11 budget as it was presented, but not without hearing concerns from parents that there is not money set aside for updates to Individual Education Plans. The IEP...