Most motorists living west of O’Hare International Airport can be forgiven if they aren’t yet exactly leaping with enthusiasm for the extensive roadway expansion under way there.
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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.
The adult niece of an Elgin city council member along with her British husband and their five children crossed safely into Egypt Thursday after having been trapped in southern Gaza since Hamas Oct. 7 attack on Israel.
Six members of the congressional delegation serving the North, West or Northwest suburbs took trips abroad last year funded by special interest groups, federal documents show.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency opened an investigation into the Smithfield Foods meat processing facility in St. Charles after Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi, D-Schaumburg, requested they do so in a letter last month.