Hanover Township Clerk Katy Dolan Baumer is biding to the new occupant of the 44th District state House seat in her challenge to incumbent Rep. Fred Crespo (D-Hoffman Estates).

Protecting small businesses from Internal Revenue Service (IRS) abuse was the subject of a hearing convened recently by the House Ways and Means Oversight Subcommittee, led by Chairman Peter Roskam (R-Dist. 6) of Illinois.

State Rep. Jeanne Ives (R-42) of Wheaton has called two recent Senate bills that would benefit undocumented students at Illinois' public colleges and universities "an affront to every American citizen."