Friends of Kathryn Maloney Vahey, a candidate committee, reported receiving $22,850 from Jan. 1 through March 31, according to its first quarter report to the Illinois State Board of Elections.

Barrido for Judge, a candidate committee, reported receiving $1,150 from Jan. 1 through March 31, according to its first quarter report to the Illinois State Board of Elections.

Citizens to Elect Robert Marshall MD, a candidate committee, reported receiving $60,000 from Jan. 1 through March 31, according to its first quarter report to the Illinois State Board of Elections.

Friends of Sean McDermott, a candidate committee, reported receiving $700 from Jan. 1 through March 31, according to its first quarter report to the Illinois State Board of Elections.

Friends of Henderson Yarbrough Sr, a candidate committee, reported receiving $500 from Jan. 1 through March 31, according to its first quarter report to the Illinois State Board of Elections.

Citizens to Elect Martin D Reggi, a candidate committee, reported receiving $13,850 from Jan. 1 through March 31, according to its first quarter report to the Illinois State Board of Elections.

Citizens for Sherwin, a candidate committee, reported receiving $10,200 from Jan. 1 through March 31, according to its first quarter report to the Illinois State Board of Elections.

Citizens for Lightford, a candidate committee, reported receiving $19,000 from Jan. 1 through March 31, according to its first quarter report to the Illinois State Board of Elections.

Friends of Brian Sexton, a candidate committee, reported receiving $14,850 from Jan. 1 through March 31, according to its first quarter report to the Illinois State Board of Elections.

Taxpayers in the Berwyn School District 100 recently stood along the aisle and outside the door of the Berwyn Police Station's Community Room to protest property tax increases.

A proposed change in the bylaws of the Cook County Republican Party that would have allowed Democrats to serve as Republican ward committeemen fizzled at a meeting of party officials July 25 and county Republicans lacked a quorum necessary for a vote after nearly 30 committeemen boycotted the meeting.

The Illinois Campaign for Political Reform's (ICPR) Executive Director Mary Miro said there is an unfair burden of taxes placed on some homeowners and minority communities in Cook County.

A property tax protest in South Berwyn is the first step to citizens rejecting yet another levy raise, according to Taxpayers United of America (TUA) Founder and President Jim Tobin.

The campaign committee of committeeman candidate Don Harmon, Friends of Don Harmon for State Senate, returned a $2,000 contribution from Floramedex on July 16

Touting it as “a rare opportunity to learn from extremely knowledgeable experts on the front-line of the spiritual and political battle that is being waged all around us,” the Grace for Life Church in Naperville will host a panel discussion on radical Islam July 14.

Democratic Caroline Golden's election campaign committee, Friends of Caroline Jamieson Golden, spent $618 in the second quarter, according to committee expenditure records obtained from the Illinois State Board of Elections (ISBE).

Democratic Don Harmon's election campaign committee, Friends of Don Harmon for State Senate, spent $35,143 in the second quarter, according to committee expenditure records obtained from the Illinois State Board of Elections (ISBE).

Democratic Karen Yarbrough's election campaign committee, Citizens to Elect Karen Yarbrough, spent $19,216 in the second quarter, according to committee expenditure records obtained from the Illinois State Board of Elections (ISBE).

Democratic Elizabeth Hernandez's election campaign committee, Citizens for Elizabeth Hernandez, spent $28,961 in the second quarter, according to committee expenditure records obtained from the Illinois State Board of Elections (ISBE).

Non partisan Larry Dominick's election campaign committee, Friends of Larry Dominick, spent $730 in the second quarter, according to committee expenditure records obtained from the Illinois State Board of Elections (ISBE).