Articles filed under Politics
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New schools, libraries, open space: Here’s what’s on the ballot in Kane County and the Fox ValleyOct 31, 2024 3:53 pm - Kane County voters are being asked for money for school construction, new libraries, park district construction and forest preserves.
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Forest preserves, school improvements: Here’s what’s on the ballot in Lake CountyOct 31, 2024 3:42 pm - Besides choosing who should represent them in the White House and elsewhere, Lake County voters Tuesday will have pocketbook issues to consider, though the potential bottom line varies greatly.
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School expansion and pension reform: Here’s what’s on the ballot in the Northwest suburbsOct 31, 2024 11:10 am - In addition to three statewide referendums on every Illinois ballot, voters in parts of the Northwest suburbs have decisions to make on local issues ranging from full-day kindergarten to pension reform to the sale of public land.
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Upgrades sorely needed at district’s schoolsOct 30, 2024 4:00 am - How we treat and educate children is a direct reflection of our community’s values. At this moment, our children are not being served as well as we all want. Despite cons...
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State’s largest bar associations release judicial recommendationsOct 17, 2024 8:58 pm - The Illinois State Bar Association and the Chicago Bar Association, the state’s largest organizations of their kind, release recommendations for judicial candidates running in the Nov. 5 election.
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Illinois State Bar Association recommendations for Lake County judicial racesOct 16, 2024 9:54 pm - The Illinois State Bar Association, the state’s largest bar association, issued its retention recommendations for Lake County judicial candidates.
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Kane County to ask voters for a sales taxSep 20, 2024 2:05 pm - Kane County voters will be asked to institute a sales tax to pay for county expenses.
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Dick Cheney was once vilified by Democrats. Now he's backing Harris. Will it matter?Sep 14, 2024 5:28 pm - Former Vice President Dick Cheney is a career Republican still vilified by Democrats over the Iraq War. But his partisan loyalties were cast aside in extraordinary fashion when he endorsed Democrat Kamala Harris for the White House. The endorsements are part of a pattern of opposition to Trump from establishment Republicans who've long been criticized by Democrats, yet say they're so alarmed by the prospect of Trump's return to power that they're voting against their own political party.
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Harris is promoting her resume and her goals rather than race as she courts Black votersSep 14, 2024 5:15 pm - Vice President Kamala Harris is courting Black voters without making her identity as a woman of color a central part of her pitch. The Democratic presidential nominee is focusing on her policies and resume to voters in an effort to engage them on issues they care most about.
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Why a library district wants to build twin facilities in Hampshire, Pingree GroveSep 10, 2024 10:38 am - Voters in the Ella Johnson Memorial Public Library District are being asked to approve a plan to build two facilities, each 20,000 square feet, in Hampshire and Pingree Grove.