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Rick Bayless said he thought it was a tongue-in-cheek move for the New York Times to include one of his restaurants as one of the area’s top 25 restaurants. It wasn’t for Xoco, Frontera Grill, or Topolobampo, which have garnered awards and attention from Michelin and James Beard, but for his O’Hare location of Tortas Frontera. Ironically enough, that menu and purpose are what Tortazo’s location at Old Orchard Shopping Center in Skokie intends to be: a fast-casual restaura...

New Electoral Map, Schedule Implemented By Skokie Village Board - Skokie, IL - Electoral reforms approved last November will be in effect for local elections in 2025.

Voters To Get First Look At Draft Of 4-District Skokie Electoral Map - Skokie, IL - A proposal for a new electoral map is due for public release Sept. 7 ahead of a Sept. 11 community meeting at Skokie Public Library.

Skokie passed a resolution that after property owners pay $3,000 to replace a water service line made of lead, the village will pick up the rest of the mandated cost.

Skokie Mayor George Van Dusen delivered his State of the Village Address April 21.

The Mayor of Skokie and a village trustee are accusing one another of violating the Open Meetings Act.

The Village of Skokie told Carvana it must start over to apply to build a glass used-car sales tower, and face stricter rules that call for bird-strike mitigations for buildings.

Skokie officials began discussing a large-scale project to replace the village's lead service lines in order to comply with a new state law.

Carvana’s 14-story glass tower will be a blight on Skokie, said residents, whose frustration boiled over at Tuesday night's meeting of the village’s Board of Trustees, where the project received final approval.  

It’s going to cost a little more to shop at Skokie’s upscale Westfield Old Orchard Shopping Center due to a new 1% tax that will be tacked onto purchases starting later this year.