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The Daily Herald endorses Greg Hart in the June 28 Republican primary race for DuPage County Board chairman.

Pete DiCianni and Greg Hart are running for the chance to succeed DuPage County Board Chairman Dan Cronin as the standard-bearer of their party. The primary will set the stage for a general election contest viewed as a key test of Democratic momentum versus Republican resilience in once-solidly red DuPage.

The minimal policy differences between two candidates haven’t blunted the nastiness of the race for the DuPage County GOP board chairman nomination.

Ensuring workers rights was a key topic April 25, when Litesa Wallace, Democratic candidate for the 17th Congressional District, visited the West Central Illinois Labor Council. In particular, it’s vital that Congress passes the PRO Act — the Protecting the…Read more →

PRESS RELEASE: BATAVIA, NY—The Batavia City School District is still accepting registration applications for universal pre-kindergarten (UPK) and kindergarten programs for the 2022-23 school year. BCSD will be offering four full-day UPK programs at Robert Morris and one half-day program at a community-based organization. As previously announced, the BCSD UPK program will be

If they win reelection, DuPage County Board members will continue to make $52,102 a year during their next term. Board members agreed Tuesday to freeze the salaries of their positions and the chairmanship.

State Rep. Anna Moeller and other suburban lawmakers have filed House Resolution 773 in opposition to the proposed merger of the Canadian Pacific and Kansas City Southern railroads. Elgin and seven other municipalities and DuPage County formed the Coalition to Stop CPKC in late February with the purpose of blocking the merger and has filed its objections with federal regulators.

A measure working its way to Pritzker is designed to relieve the workforce shortage crisis and the continued impacts of the pandemic.

DuPage County Board member Lynn LaPlante ended her candidacy for DuPage County Board chair.

Republican voters will pick the partys nominees for three seats on the DuPage County Forest Preserve board when they head to the polls in June. But all six seats on the board and presidents position will be contested in November.