December, 2016 Stories | Dupage Policy Journal

Sherman trustees review capital improvement plan

By Lhalie Castillo | Dec 25, 2016

The village of Sherman Board of Trustees met April 19 to review the capital improvement plan.

Sherman trustees accept landscaping bid

By Lhalie Castillo | Dec 25, 2016

The village of Sherman Board of Trustees met Oct. 25 to accept a landscaping bid.

Springfield City Council executes medical contract

By Lhalie Castillo | Dec 25, 2016

The Springfield City Council met Oct. 25 to execute a medical contract.

Illinois Nature Preserves Commission reviews staff report

By Lhalie Castillo | Dec 25, 2016

The Illinois Department of Natural Resources Nature Preserves Commission met May 3 to review the staff report.

Illinois oil and gas board addresses storage issues

By Lhalie Castillo | Dec 25, 2016

The Illinois Department of Natural Resources Oil and Gas Advisory Board met Aug. 10 to address storage issues.

Illinois GOP offers hotel deal, tickets for presidential inauguration

By Carol Ostrow | Dec 24, 2016

With hotel space for the presidential Inauguration ceremony in Washington filling rapidly, the Illinois GOP is offering a limited special opportunity for guaranteed overnight accommodations and inauguration tickets at the official Illinois Republican Party hotel in Arlington, Virginia.

State GOP says Kennedy not acting like a Kennedy after dust-up with reporters

By Carol Ostrow | Dec 24, 2016

Chris Kennedy may have the family name, but according to the state GOP, “he doesn’t act like it,” as he recently rejected reporters’ overtures in Chicago and simultaneously created a commotion in a downtown office building.

Documents indicate Pritzker cloaked donations to Madigan

By Carol Ostrow | Dec 24, 2016

New concerns regarding potential gubernatorial candidate J.B. Pritzker have surfaced following the exposure of cash contributions made from Pritzker-associated groups to Illinois House Democrats prior to November elections in amounts possibly as high as $200,000.

New House speaker tops Policy Institute writer's holiday wish list

By Carol Ostrow | Dec 24, 2016

This year’s holiday wish list for all good Illinois state lawmakers ought to include a brand-new House speaker, an Illinois Policy Institute writer says, as constituents brace themselves for the speaker vote, set for Jan. 11 in Springfield.

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U.S. Census: Illinois losing more residents than any other state

By Carol Ostrow | Dec 24, 2016

Illinois experienced the largest population loss in the nation during a recent 12-month period, according to a recent U.S. Census report.

Embattled Chatham mayor apologizes for flipping off resident at ethics hearing

By Ruth de Jauregui | Dec 24, 2016

Chatham Mayor Thomas Gray made a bad situation worse when he flipped off a citizen filming an Ethics Commission hearing this week.

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Lyons businessman says workers' comp costs weighing down state's businesses

By Karen Kidd | Dec 24, 2016

Workers' compensation costs in Illinois are one of three burdens manufacturers must endure to remain in the state, a Cook County businessman and officer in a large industry political action committee said during a recent conservative radio show interview.