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Broadview library suit drags on

— June 12, 2017

A multi-year dispute between the Broadview Public Library and the Village of Broadview took a detour May 31, when a Cook County Chancery Court judge dismissed the library’s request…

Broadview’s new mayor takes charge, hires new law firms
— May 9, 2017

Katrina Thompson was installed as the first female African-American mayor of the Village of Broadview May 1. Thompson won a five-way race to replace former mayor Sherman Jones, who…
Supreme Court upholds Broadview mayoral term limits vote
— November 22, 2016

The people of Broadview have spoken, and they’re ready for mayoral term limits. In spite of a last-minute challenge to a mayoral term-limit referendum, and the vote-count shrouded…
Judge clears Broadview Library to proceed in town feud
— May 23, 2016

Broadview Public Library Board President Katrina Arnold said Friday she is cautiously optimistic the library may be able to move forward in its goal to build an addition and renovate…

Broadview library feud now includes squabbling village board factions
— January 31, 2017

It’s been nine months since a Cook County Chancery Court judge ruled that Broadview Public Library could move ahead with a plan to build an addition and renovate the building, with…
Broadview term limits votes under wraps until Supreme Court ruling
— November 15, 2016

Embattled Broadview Village President Sherman Jones and his Public Works Director Matthew Ames are fighting to keep the results of the Nov. 8 mayoral term-limit referendum top secret…