Articles filed under Politics
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Buffalo Grove Holocaust survivor re-appointed to state commissionMar 13, 2015 1:00 am - Fritzie Fritzshall, a Buffalo Grove resident and president of the board of the Illinois Holocaust Museum and Education Center in Skokie, was reappointed to the Illinois ...
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COD wants to meet with lawmakers about audit costsMar 13, 2015 1:00 am - College of DuPage officials want a meeting with state lawmakers and Illinois' top auditor about who will pay for an investigation into the college's operations. State la...
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North Carolina faces the perils of moving up primaryMar 13, 2015 1:00 am - RALEIGH, N.C. - North Carolina Republicans are tired of being in the back of the line when choosing presidential nominees. But their decision to leapfrog toward the fron...
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Re-entry program for juvenile offenders faces budget crunchMar 13, 2015 1:00 am - A budget shortfall in the program that helps juvenile offenders re-enter the community is the latest addition to Illinois' list of urgent financial troubles. Gov. Bruce ...
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Rauner puts suburban lawmakers on mandate-cutting boardMar 13, 2015 1:00 am - Gov. Bruce Rauner has named a number of suburban officials to a committee aimed at consolidating some of Illinois' many government agencies and curbing state laws that c...
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Lawmaker facing spending probe benefited from donor projectsMar 12, 2015 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON (AP) - Illinois Rep. Aaron Schock, under scrutiny for lavishly redecorating his Capitol Hill office and flying aboard private planes owned by donors, has buil...
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St. Charles park district makes case for rec center tax hikeMar 12, 2015 5:30 am - St. Charles Park District Vice President Bob Carne was recently enjoying a run at the local XSport Fitness center when a friend told him two women at the gym were trash-...
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Plan to let government pull notices from newspapers rejectedMar 12, 2015 1:00 am - An Illinois House committee Thursday rejected legislation that would strip the requirement that local governments have to publish certain legal notices in newspapers. Th...
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Tollway speed limits in suburbs likely going upMar 12, 2015 1:00 am - Speed limits might be increasing by 5 to 10 mph this summer on several segments of the tollway that run through the suburbs. Higher speed limits on parts of I-294, I-88...
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Judge: 'Impending sense of doom' could force state budget fixMar 12, 2015 1:00 am - Time is running out for lawmakers and Gov. Bruce Rauner to find a budget fix that will allow the state to keep paying for court reporters across the suburbs. The money f...