June, 2017 Stories | Dupage Policy Journal

Carlyle City Council met June 26.

By Noddy A. Fernandez | Jun 29, 2017

Carlyle City Council met at 7 p.m. Monday, June 26.

Trenton City Council met June 26.

By Noddy A. Fernandez | Jun 29, 2017

Trenton City Council met at 7 p.m. Monday, June 26.

Appropriations bill uses statewide money for west central Illinois projects

By LGIS Newsfeed | Jun 29, 2017

The Illinois General Assembly is looking to pass a bill that earmarks $166.5 million for various projects in lawmakers home districts across the state.

Village of Godfrey Emergency Services & Disasters Agency (ESDA) Committee met June 26.

By Lhalie Castillo | Jun 27, 2017

Village of Godfrey Emergency Services & Disasters Agency (ESDA) Committee met at 11 a.m. Monday, June 26.

Bond County Community Unit School District No. 2 Board of Education met June 26.

By Lhalie Castillo | Jun 27, 2017

Bond County Community Unit School District No. 2 Board of Education met at 6:45 p.m. Monday, June 26.

Jacksonville City Council met June 26.

By Lhalie Castillo | Jun 27, 2017

Jacksonville City Council met at 7 p.m. Monday, June 26.

Greenville City Council will meet June 28.

By Lhalie Castillo | Jun 27, 2017

Greenville City Council will meet at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, June 28.

City of Macomb Committee of the Whole met June 26.

By Lhalie Castillo | Jun 27, 2017

City of Macomb Committee of the Whole met at 5 p.m. Monday, June 26.

McSweeney, ex-school board leader at odds on property taxes

By Hoang Tran | Jun 25, 2017

Rep. David McSweeney (R-Barrington Hills) debated the good and bad of a property tax freeze with Tom Neely, former president of the Morton Illinois School Board USD 709, in the Illinois House on Friday.

Rauner tells people: Power of change is in your hands alone

By Giovanni Whaley | Jun 23, 2017

Gov. Bruce Rauner told listeners of the "Chicago's Morning Answer" radio show that they'd better not rely on entrenched politicians to save them.

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.

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'Panicked' Democrats fear House downfall after approving school funding bill, radio host says

By Karen Kidd | Jun 23, 2017

Democratic state lawmakers showed their true colors in May when they demanded an investigation into an article about apparently doomed school funding reform legislation, a radio show co-host said recently.

Overtaxed Illinoisans also seeing nation's smallest growth in personal income

By Caitlin Nordahl | Jun 23, 2017

Illinois’ average personal income growth since the Great Recession is tied with Nevada for the worst in the country, according to data from Pew Charitable Trusts recently published on the Illinois Policy Institute website.

Sheriff shuts down Stark board meeting after talk with oversight group

By Charmaine Little | Jun 22, 2017

The Stark County sheriff stopped a county board meeting after it failed to follow the protocol of a special meeting recently, the Edgar County Watchdogs (ECW) reported on their Illinois Leaks website.

Illinois State Police award says it all for telecommunicator

By Charmaine Little | Jun 21, 2017

Cheryl Miles knows how to handle stress.

Rauner urges political unity to save the future of Illinois

By Hoang Tran | Jun 20, 2017

Gov. Bruce Rauner urged Democratic and Republican lawmakers on Tuesday to unite and pass a balanced budget that will fund Illinois and get it back on its feet.