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For every voter who cast a ballot last April to decide the fate of Batavia Unit District 101’s request to borrow $140 million to rebuild and renovate multiple schools, two other voters stayed home. ...

Among 50 suburban townships, taxpayers are charged an average of less than $47,000 per mile annually in property taxes. However, that rate can be as high as $100,000 per mile in some places and less than $6,000 a mile elsewhere.

 

Despite a legacy of political shenanigans and partisan chicanery, Illinois legislators have rarely used their powers to expel members from their ranks like what happened recently to two state representatives in Tennessee.

Attorney has $42K in city debt forgiven, donates to mayor’s reelection campaign

With two of seven seats up for grabs, Republicans have a chance to win majority for the first time in more than half a century.

Two of the state's Supreme Court seats are up for election, enough to sway the political majority to the GOP for the first time in more than 50 years. While the candidates claim impartiality, large funding may argue otherwise.

And the governor picks his opponent

Republican Joe Hackler of Granite City responded to a news article critical of his public statements about vaccines, masks and church attendance during peaks of Covid spread, saying he has "always strongly opposed vaccine and mask mandates but have encouraged vaccination."

A U.S. Census Bureau report released Thursday shows rather than losing population, Illinois gained more than 250,000 residents between 2010 and 2020. That’s roughly the equivalent of not counting anyone in Aurora — Illinois’ second largest city — and the entire city of Decatur.