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If you pay $4.50 in tax for a sweater at Oakbrook Center, should some of that money go toward a midmorning Metra train on the BNSF? Or should a portion pay for a faster ride on the Blue Line?
That's the essence of an age-old suburban-city turf war o...
Updated: Oct 29, 2013 at 10:03 AM
If I could get away with it, I’d start accepting bets on the fate of the Illiana Expressway when it goes to a vote Thursday before a powerful committee of the Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning.
My crystal ball gives the edge to the Illiana an...
Updated: Oct 15, 2013 at 08:30 AM
The work to abolish some of DuPage County’s more than 400 taxing bodies now can begin.
Gov. Pat Quinn on Friday signed into law legislation giving DuPage the authority to eliminate as many as 13 local governmental entities, including fire protection...
Updated: Aug 03, 2013 at 04:17 PM
The question of whether to someday find a new home for the DuPage County Fair won't be answered until officials decide what to do with the existing fairgrounds in Wheaton.
To help them make that decision, county officials are enlisting a group of re...
Updated: Aug 01, 2013 at 04:39 PM
After touting consolidation as a way to save money and improve services, DuPage County officials soon will get the opportunity to prove it.
Gov. Pat Quinn within the next two weeks is expected to sign a measure that will give DuPage the authority to...
Updated: Aug 01, 2013 at 11:41 AM
Like your cousin who doesn't pay his bills on time and squanders money he doesn't have, Illinois is paying the price — in both cash and reputation — for years of ignored warnings about its pension crisis, the worst in the nation.
Largely because of...
Updated: Jun 27, 2013 at 01:28 PM
Can merging or eliminating a measly 13 localized government bodies in DuPage County lead to more efficient government across the state of Illinois? State Sen. Tom Cullerton thinks so, and we’re inclined to agree.
Cullerton, a Villa Park Democrat, go...
Updated: Jun 17, 2013 at 02:00 PM
SPRINGFIELD — Gov. Pat Quinn will soon get to decide whether DuPage County officials will be allowed to eliminate as many as 13 local governments in an effort to save money.
The Illinois House sent Quinn legislation Tuesday allowing the cuts by a 10...
Updated: May 15, 2013 at 11:28 AM
As suburban voters ponder who their next leaders will be, the turnover of mayors and village presidents in several Northwest suburban towns could impact regional cooperation on key issues, some experts say.
Voters will elect a mayor Tuesday in 21 co...
Updated: Apr 09, 2013 at 06:36 AM
Stephen Davis is no stranger to efforts to improve the DuPage Airport and reduce or eliminate its reliance on property taxes.
The 55-year-old Wheaton man already has served nearly nine years on the airport authority board. During that time, he agree...
Updated: Feb 19, 2013 at 07:20 AM