Casa de Estilos can finally pursue a liquor license after Elgin's council overturned a parking rejection tied to the salon since 1988.

SEIU Locals 1 and 73, once key Johnson backers, now point to unresolved anger over CPS job cuts and a labor dispute with CTU.

Trustees voted unanimously to freeze new data centers another 180 days while Plainfield rewrites its development rules.

City staff want closed-loop cooling, noise studies and a letter of credit or equivalent security covering 110% of infrastructure costs before any data center breaks ground in Rockford.

A Dixieland band played as marchers walked to the Naperville Municipal Center, while DuPage GOP trucks drew boos rolling past.

The Michigan senator told a University of Chicago crowd she wants a deterrence message sent to would-be Trump staffers.

Five of seven Kankakee School District 111 board members want Steuben kept open, but a final call awaits a Nov. 9 vote.

Frederick Walls, who once challenged Nick Smith, now takes aim at a sitting state senator.

Bolingbrook Police Chief Mike Rompa, named to the post in 2020, was set to retire after 31 years with the department.

The order creates a Mayor's Office on Aging and a plan to revive a standalone Department of Aging, shuttered in 2009.

The Nov. 3 ballot measure would fund a new career center but raise taxes about $101 a year on a $400,000 home.

A high-priced contract between Crystal Millsap and Samantha Steele's Leanor Group has drawn scrutiny in Porter County.

Sandy Hart has served on the Lake County Board for 14 years; David Peñaherrera is a political newcomer.