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Gov. J.B. Pritzker has contributed $1 million to the campaign of Democratic secretary of state candidate Alexi Giannoulias even though Pritzker just four months ago backed…
Fearing that late property tax collections would slam the budgets of libraries, villages and schools, Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle offered local taxing bodies up…
Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot won’t try to raise property taxes next year, after all.As she prepares to kick off her 2023 budget push Monday, Lightfoot announced…
The owner of Bell Works Chicagoland has taken another step toward revitalizing the massive former AT&T campus in Hoffman Estates.Inspired by Somerset Development, the New Jersey…
Thieves posing as utility workers have burglarized seven Elgin homes and tried to burglarize two more since the beginning of the year, Elgin police said.A community…
A major accident with injuries shut down a busy intersection of Arlington Heights during the rush hour Thursday morning, after a vehicle struck a bicyclist, police…
As the sun rises over the horizon of Lake Michigan, there’s a chill in the early autumn air. Laughter echoes and reverberates on the concrete of…
Former Crestwood Mayor Louis Presta was ordered released early from federal prison Thursday due to a precipitous decline in his health while serving his one-year term…
The nascent sports betting industry is booming in Illinois, growing into the third largest market in the U.S. after just two years of pandemic-disrupted operation.But the…
Residents of the northwest suburbs were skeptical Wednesday about infrastructure changes and using taxpayer dollars to fund the Chicago Bears’ proposed redevelopment of Arlington Park International…