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Lincoln Series spurs women’s civic leadership with June program in Palatine

By Carol Ostrow | May 22, 2018

The Lincoln Series, a prestigious program empowering women with leadership skills since 1994, plans a northern Illinois campaign training program from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on June 16 at the Palatine Township Republican Organization Headquarters.

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GOP says Madigan win is loss for state's most needy

By Carol Ostrow | Apr 12, 2017

Lawmakers will be able to stuff their wallets even as those depending on state social services suffer, the Illinois Republican Party is charging in the wake of a judge's decision on March 23.

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Attorney general determines Wheeling council broke the law

By Carol Ostrow | Apr 10, 2017

The Wheeling City Council violated the Open Meetings Act when it required anyone wishing to speak publicly to first sign up, since such a rule is not part of the council's written policy, the attorney general announced recently.

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Cook County becomes nation's biggest loser

By Carol Ostrow | Apr 9, 2017

Cook County saw more people leave its once-friendly confines between mid-2015 and mid-2016 than any other county in the United States, according to recent U.S. Census data. The county suffered a net loss of 21,324 people.

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Oak Park SD 97 passes bond issue referendum

By Carol Ostrow | Apr 6, 2017

By a substantial 20-point margin, Oak Park School District 97 voters approved a referendum authorizing the issuance of bonds in Tuesday’s consolidated general elections.

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Oak Park SD 97 votes to pass limiting rate increase

By Carol Ostrow | Apr 6, 2017

By a margin of slightly over eight percent, Oak Park dwellers passed a proposal in Tuesday’s consolidated elections, choosing to approve an increase in the property tax limit for the Oak Park Elementary School District 97.

More Madigan-generated woes expected for Illinois, editorial board says

By Carol Ostrow | Apr 4, 2017

Even as Gov. Bruce Rauner continues to strive toward a potential state budget solution, House Speaker Mike Madigan (D-Chicago) “delays and offers nothing,” the Chicago Tribune recently reported while continuing its coverage of Illinois’ hemorrhaging finances.

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Cook County clerk puts price tag on political training seminar

By Carol Ostrow | Mar 30, 2017

A recent report from Better Government Association (BGA) alleges that Dorothy Brown, Cook County Circuit Court clerk, may have accepted bribes and found other methods of making extra money during her tenure as clerk.

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Taxpayers United of America fights tax hike referenda in six communities

By Carol Ostrow | Mar 30, 2017

Taxpayers United of America (TUA), a non-partisan, Chicago-based advocacy group, recently urged constituents in six communities to oppose a seven-item referendum initiative on April 4 that the group believes would burden taxpayers.

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Service Academy Day in St. Charles to offer information on military academies

By Carol Ostrow | Mar 30, 2017

U.S. Reps. Randy Hultgren (R-IL) and Peter Roskam (R-IL) are hosting a Service Academy Day from 9 a.m. to noon April 22 at St. Charles East High School for students and their families from from the 14th and 6th Congressional districts interested in U.S. service academies.

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New Trier independent trio takes team approach to trusteeship

By Carol Ostrow | Mar 20, 2017

In a joint bid for New Trier Township trustee posts, three independent candidates highlighted potentially untapped local revenue as just one example of their team’s commitment to greater jurisdictional transparency.

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Evanston High School announces inaugural 'LGBTQ Student Summit'

By Carol Ostrow | Mar 14, 2017

Evanston Township High School (ETHS) will hold its inaugural all-school 'LGBTQ Student Summit'

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State lawmakers accused of pay raise by committee

By Carol Ostrow | Mar 14, 2017

Illinois lawmakers are using a seemingly surreptitious way to give themselves pay raises: creating new and useless committees for which they are automatically paid an extra $10,326 as chairmen, a Chicago-based think tank is arguing.

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Schakowsky's time with terrorist called into question

By Carol Ostrow | Mar 12, 2017

A public policy group president expressed his outrage recently against U.S. Rep. Janice Danoff "Jan" Schakowsky (D-IL) after seeing her in a photograph standing next to a woman once convicted of a terror attack.

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Communist handouts appear on New Trier campus during controversial seminar

By Carol Ostrow | Feb 28, 2017

Communist handouts allegedly appeared on campus at New Trier High School today during a controversial day-long seminar on racism that many have accused of spreading left-wing propaganda.

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4 vie for 3 Northbrook trustee spots

By Carol Ostrow | Feb 27, 2017

One incumbent plus three challengers comprise a four-candidate slate for a total of three current vacancies on the Village of Northbrook’s board of trustees in the upcoming April 4 general election.

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Biss targeted in 'Drop the Mike' ad campaign

By Carol Ostrow | Feb 11, 2017

State Sen. Daniel Biss (D-Evanston) recently attracted the attention of local radio talk show host Dan Proft and Illinois Policy Institute President and CEO John Tillman, whose remarks likened Biss to the Madigan machinery.

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Maine trustee seeks township clerk post

By Carol Ostrow | Feb 6, 2017

Peter Gialamas recently announced his intention to run for Maine Township's clerk after spending two terms as a board trustee. 

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Mount Prospect invites more public hydrant painting

By Carol Ostrow | Jan 29, 2017

Fire hydrants in Mount Prospect are slated to make a splashy statement in 2017 with the community’s second annual 'Fired Up!' decorating event, a noncompetitive project open to all residents celebrating the village centennial.

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Morask reaches top tier of Maine Township ballot in uncontested bid for supervisor

By Carol Ostrow | Jan 29, 2017

In an unexpected but promising turn of events, Cook County’s Maine Township constituency recently experienced the only slightly surprising nomination of current township trustee Laura Morask to run for the position of the municipality’s supervisor.