Following the spring election, defeated candidate for New Trier Township Trustee Kathy Myalls hopes the newly elected trustees will eliminate salaries and save taxpayer money.

Illinois appears to be heading south in more ways than one, a financial expert said on a Chicago-based radio show recently.

Illinois Republican Representative Jeannie Ives told Dan Proft, host of Illinois Rising, that HB 156, authored by Michelle Mussman, is a faux property tax relief package that will not provide any type of relief, but that will in fact increase Illinois resident’s taxes.

Schools in Illinois and Minnesota continue to encourage “racial equity” to students, teachers and parents with the backing of a California organization, but Katherine Kersten, senior fellow at the Center of the American Experiment and author of No Thug Left Behind, said their theories are “jaw-dropping discriminatory.”

After two years without a budget and a failed attempt to compromise on a "grand bargain," some in Illinois are asking whether bankruptcy is a viable way out of the state's financial morass.

Glencoe Village President Larry Levin says his race against Laurie Morse can be summed up easily: action vs. words.

A group known as Parents of New Trier wants the school board to investigate a non-profit national education advocacy group's involvement in North Trier’s Seminar Day on February 28.

The three independent candidates running for trustee of the New Trier Township Board hosted a free event recently to get people together and talk about what they say the district needs most: more transparency and better control of its finances.

New Trier High School recently spent $4,200 to send Dan Paustian, coordinator of the Social Work Department, to a conference teaching about “white privilege” and “disparate impact,” the records obtained from a Freedom of Information Act request reveal.

Although New Trier High School's controversial Seminar Day program was heavily promoted by outside interest groups, more than 900 students chose to skip the event. 

The Northwest Side GOP Club has publically opposed the Proposed Housing Project for Jefferson Park endorsed by 45th Ward Alderman John Arena.

Robert Blackwell, a parent of a child at New Trier High School, has publicly proclaimed his complete opposition to the Feb. 28 Seminar Day at New Trier.

A New Trier High School parent in Illinois is speaking out about an upcoming program planned for students and faculty regarding racial civil rights.