Dan Granato fumes that after 53 years of owning his own liquor business in Illinois, things have not gotten any easier.

Republican Cook County Board Commissioner Sean Morrison will try to mend some fences between opposing sides of the so-called "Just Housing Bill" debate before it becomes a law in November.

The Archdiocese of Chicago has named St. Luke Parish middle-school teacher Janet Crosswhite a Heart of the School Award winner.

With news that he is now under federal review, newly elected Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker finds himself in dubious company.

Newly elected Park Forest Mayor John Vanderbilt believes it is up to the people of the village to save themselves.

Veteran Illinois Congressman Danny Davis is among the growing list of Democratic party leaders sending mixed signals about where they officially stand on President Donald Trump’s still evolving plan to send many of the undocumented immigrants now spread across the country to so-called “sanctuary cities.”

Illinois Republican Party Chairman Tim Schneider finds it difficult to seriously consider Gov. J.B. Pritzker's graduated income tax-hike proposal, given the source of the plan's own history of personal finance.

Orland Park Mayor Keith Pekau thinks the same rules should apply to every one of his constituents, particularly those running for public office.

Steve Lefko is reminding River Forest District 90 School Board voters of all the things other area leaders have had to say about him in his run for office.

Orland Park Mayor Keith Pekau has endorsed Michael Milani in his run for Village Board Trustee.

Former District 200 Board of Education President John Phelan is endorsing Steve Lefko in his run for the River Forest District 90 School Board.

There are almost as many people in Cook County now receiving public pension funds as there are active government workers, according to calculations recently released by the office of Cook County Treasurer Maria Pappas.

A bill that would amend the University of Illinois Trustees Act in determining official residency status for all student trustees has been moved to the House Rules Committee for further consideration.

An Illinois Policy Institute (IPI) review finds Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s new progressive-tax plan might not be everything it’s being promoted to be.

Former state Sen. Steve Rauschenberger is all in on the idea of Rep. Allen Skillicorn (R-East Dundee) being in Washington, D.C. representing the 14th District.

Gov. J.B. Pritzker doesn’t have to go far to get an up-close look at what he insists he wants for Illinois.

All 14 members of the St. Luke Speech Team that competed Feb. 9 in the 2019 West 40 Speech and Drama Festival won first-place to lead the team of fifth through eighth graders to a top overall team finish.

A bill that grants sanctuary for illegal immigrants has passed the Illinois House Executive Committee.

Ted Dabrowski was not in attendance at a recent Center for Tax and Budget (CTBA) Accountability “Property Taxes: Why Are They So High and Where Are They Going?” seminar hosted by CTBA executive director Ralph Martire in conjunction with the Palatine League of Women Voters, but he thinks he can almost hear what he is sure was said.

After years of having an active voice on critical matters, Steve Lefko’s run for the River Forest School District 90 School Board just stands to make his input official.