Mayor Mark Eckert News Today

Opponents argue that the project would destroy the natural environment.

Ten aldermen sided with residents who argued that the project would negatively affect the neighborhood.

Some people say additional revenue is less important than offering a friendly place to shop and dine.

“I think it’s a good addition, especially for downtown, and I think it’s going to be extremely popular,” mayor says.

How old is too old to go trick-or-treating? While this seems like a question for parents, some local governments have decided just who gets to participate.

Across the country, ghoulish cities have outlawed teenage trick-or-treaters.

“I was stunned and disappointed,” an alderman said.

The historical society in Belleville, Illinois, and other preservationists are discouraged by the city’s demolition of neglected landmark homes and other buildings.

“We do live in a dangerous place. I would like to walk at night, but I am genuinely in fear.”

Belleville citizens, restaurateurs and bar owners feel like they’ve been played by their mayor. A lot of them.  Like many would-be dictators around the country, Mayor Mark Eckert enforced COVID-19 “guidelines,” shutting down indoor dining and advising citizens to stay home - guidelines he himself blithely ignored. He joins a shameful list of lockdown hypocrites: Gov. Pritzker’s family outings to their horse farm in Wisconsin and equestrian estate in Florida; Chicago Mayor Lightfoot’s...