North Cook News

D'Amico opponent decries entrenched legislators' indifference to taxpayers

By Justin Stoltzfus | Oct 24, 2017

Former Chicago school teacher Amanda Biela is taking on John D’Amico (D-Chicago) in Illinois’ 15th District – and taking aim at practices that place more financial burdens on the average Illinoisan, including raising prices at the gas pump.

Des Plaines change of heart on minimum wage hike called 'a matter of economics'

By Justin Stoltzfus | Jun 30, 2017

Des Plaines has changed its mind on increasing its minimum wage.

Illinois among states seen as on the precipice of a pension disaster

By Justin Stoltzfus | Jun 23, 2017

Officials in Springfield and around the country are talking about a “pension cliff” and trying to determine what will happen as large numbers of educators become fully vested in school district pension benefit systems.