It’s a no-go for the citizen-led initiative to have an independent commission, not politicians, draw the state’s legislative districts, but state lawmakers can still make the change….
The Illinois Supreme Court voted Aug. 25 by 4-3 to keep a legislative redistricting reform referendum off the state ballot in the Nov. 8 election. The divided court, voting along party…
“Each local pension system is unique and there is no “one-size fits all” approach to pension reform,” said Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle in a statement on the…
A state Supreme Court brief is due this week in the final fight to change how Illinois draws its political maps. Every 10 years after the census, Illinois’ legislative districts are…
State lawmakers are heading back to the drawing board after the Illinois Supreme Court ruled their pension-reform measures unconstitutional. “We are probably back at square one,”…
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Zoning Committee votes against solar ...Second of three stories looking at a proposed solar farm in Winnebago ...
