North Cook News

Support veterans, Team Patlak at Safe Haven 5K

By Glenn Minnis | Jul 3, 2019

The Republicans of Maine Township are encouraging people to turn out in support of Cook County Board Commissioner Dan Patlak on July 13 as he and Team Patlak take part in the 9th Annual A Safe Haven 5K run in Chicago.

No surprise to Rep. Morrison that Illinois has second-fastest rate of millennial outmigration

By Glenn Minnis | Jul 1, 2019

In the mind of Illinois state Rep. Tom Morrison (R-Palatine), a new survey that finds successful millennials are leaving Illinois at a rate faster than every state but New York is the latest example of the state's policymakers not being able to get out of their own way.

Cook County constituent Cramer says Rep. Casten is trying to play Trump card for political gain

By Glenn Minnis | Jun 28, 2019

District 211 school board member Mark Cramer views the calls from U.S. Reps. Sean Casten (D-Downers Grove) and Jan Schakowsky (D-Evanston) for an impeachment inquiry targeting President Donald Trump as sheer politics.

Governor’s Hometown Awards apps due in July

By Glenn Minnis | Jun 25, 2019

For the last 35 years, the Governor’s Hometown Awards program has gone above and beyond to salute those who do exactly that for their Illinois communities.

Morrison defends parental notification: Abortion 'involves physical, mental, emotional health'

By Glenn Minnis | Jun 24, 2019

Illinois state Rep. Tom Morrison (R-Palatine) grows philosophical in voicing his opposition to the proposed repeal of the parental notification aspect of Illinois abortion law.

From DuPage Policy Journal

Rep. Mazzochi on state abortion debate: 'Illinois is massively departing from the norm nationwide'

By Glenn Minnis | 6 years ago

Illinois state Rep. Deanne Mazzochi (R-Elmhurst) worries that the state is putting itself more on an island no one wants to be on with its push for a repeal of the state’s parental notification law with regard to abortion.

Rep. Morrison supports First Amendment fight in wake of free speech lawsuit filed against U of I

By Glenn Minnis | Jun 17, 2019

Illinois state Rep. Tom Morrison (R-Palatine) has long believed some of the greatest lessons taught on college campuses occur outside of the classroom.

From DuPage Policy Journal

Rep. Mazzochi makes a stand for free speech on campuses as U of I is named in suit alleging bias

By Glenn Minnis | 6 years ago

Illinois state Rep. Deanne Mazzochi (R-Elmhurst) is intent on making sure public universities take seriously what she believes should be their total commitment to free speech on all on campuses across the state.

Washburne Middle School's Duda earns first place at national vocabulary competition

By Glenn Minnis | Jun 14, 2019

Elizabeth Duda, a seventh-grade student at Carleton Washburne Middle School in Winnetka, recently tied for first place in the WordMasters Challenge national vocabulary competition.

School board member Cramer considers Rep. Casten's support of legislative pay raises a red flag

By Glenn Minnis | Jun 14, 2019

District 211 school board member Mark Cramer thinks it says a lot about the motivations of U.S. Rep. Sean Casten that the Illinois congressman strongly supports increasing legislators' pay and benefits as a way of enticing the best candidates into public service.

Kenilworth values school funding over a TIF plan for revamped shopping district, resident says

By Glenn Minnis | Jun 10, 2019

Kenilworth resident Marjorie Zander’s rationale for opposing a Tax Increment Financing (TIF) plan for her community is direct and to the point.

Arts spending should not be part of Pritzker's state capital funding plan, Rep. Morrison argues

By Glenn Minnis | Jun 10, 2019

Republican state Rep. Tom Morrison (Palatine) is adamant that the $60 million allocated to arts-related projects has no business in a state capital funding plan.

Passage of state's new budget 'cemented the need for future tax increases,' says Rep. Morrison

By Glenn Minnis | Jun 3, 2019

Republican state Rep. Tom Morrison (Palatine) fears that the new state spending plan only puts Illinois deeper in a hole of its own making.

Maine Township Trustee Sweeney speaks out against losing right to vote on pension eligibility

By Glenn Minnis | Jun 2, 2019

Maine Township Trustee Sue Sweeney considers the removal of township voters' right to decide if their elected officials should be eligible for pensions as taking power away from the people.

Rep. Morrison concedes there 'are things that raise eyebrows' in Pritzker's figuring of capital tax bill

By Glenn Minnis | May 28, 2019

Republican state Rep. Tom Morrison (Palatine) wonders if Gov. J.B. Pritzker might be trying to pull some sort of bait-and-switch, based on the details of his proposed capital-improvements plan.

Parents make plea for school scholarship program

By Glenn Minnis | May 27, 2019

A group of concerned parents recently traveled to Springfield to plead directly with Gov. J.B. Pritzker about saving a private school scholarship program he has targeted for dissolution as part of his proposed state budget.

Plastic bag tax another example of state 'squeezing more out of taxpayers,' Morrison says

By Glenn Minnis | May 21, 2019

Republican state Rep. Tom Morrison (Palatine) wonders if the onslaught of taxes coming from Springfield will ever cease.

From Chicago City Wire

NW Side GOP's Podgorski cautions that new landlord law imperils 'individual liberty,' 'safety'

By Glenn Minnis | 6 years ago

Matt Podgorski sees the passage of a law banning landlords in Cook County from delving into the criminal histories of prospective tenants as just the latest rights violation against the area's business owners.

From Chicago City Wire

Cook County Board Commissioner Morrison wants best for both sides of the 'Just Housing' fence

By Glenn Minnis | 6 years ago

Republican Cook County Board Commissioner Sean Morrison will try to mend some fences between opposing sides of the so-called "Just Housing Bill" debate before it becomes a law in November.

Wirepoints dissects Maine Township's tax crisis

By Glenn Minnis | May 19, 2019

As overall property values in Park Ridge continue to suffer the effects of the recession a decade ago, and school-district spending continues to rise, Wirepoints reports that taxpayers are left to pick up the slack out of their own pockets.​