Seth Lewis, a Republican candidate for State Senate District 23 in Bloomingdale, recently made it clear that he stands for common people first by urging his opponent Tom Cullerton to publicly renounce Speaker Mike Madigan's lawsuit regarding the Independent Map Amendment.

Republican state Senate candidate Michelle Smith of Plainfield believes two recent bills concerning undocumented students is a distraction from the real problems that Illinois colleges and universities are facing, namely lack of state funding and climbing costs due to the seemingly unending state budget impasse. 

State Representative candidate Heidi Holan is calling out House Speaker Mike Madigan’s caucus for a budget bill that calls for $40 billion in spending and only an estimated $33 billion in revenues.

The Village Board of Elk Grove recently held a meeting to review fee waivers and a concert budget.

The City Council of Warrenville, Illinois held its regular meeting on March 21 and approved recommendations from the Planning Commission.

Lombard's Public Works Department has scheduled an online presentation about the village’s network of underground sewers, where local residents can learn more about the sewer network in their area.

DuPage County board members recently listened to a presentation about the DuPage Convalescent Center from the Center for Governmental Research (CGR).

Department honored for providing specialized training for treatment of STEMI heart attack patients.

Portillo's beef sandwiches, deep-dish pizza among the delicacies up for grabs.

U.S. Sen. Mark Kirk (R-IL) recently testified in front of the Senate Veterans’ Affair Committee on behalf of his bill S. 297, the Frontlines to Lifelines Act of 2015, which will allow veterans to care for one another at local VA hospitals.

The village of Lombard's electronic commuter parking pay stations started to operate this week in three locations: near the south side of the pedestrian underpass, next to the ramp and stairs; near the west side of the Hammerschmidt daily fee lot; and on the north end of the pedestrian underpass stairs and ramp.

U.S. Rep. Mike Quigley (D-IL) and Sen. Dick Durbin (D- IL) recently introduced a new bicameral Urban Flooding Awareness Act to seek solutions for urban areas that have been most affected by the increased flooding.

CenterPoint Properties recently broke ground at the DuPage Business Center for DS Containers' new distribution center in West Chicago. The center for DS Containers, which produces two-piece polymer-coated steel aerosol cans, will span 300,278 square feet. CenterPoint Properties said the building will take up 14.55 acres, making it possible for the company to expand by an additional 250,000 square feet in the future.

Legislation would require high school curriculum to include lessons on student loan debt

State Sen. Dan Kotowski (D- Park Ridge) recently encouraged investors to consider Illinois after the Senate passed its budget, with specific requests made for education, public safety, public services and career training.

U.S. Rep. Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) recently released a statement on the “Fast Track” trade-authority legislation that Congress is currently considering. The legislation is also known as the Trade Promotion Authority (TPA) legislation. “As a member of Congress, it is my responsibility to carefully provide oversight on issues that make a real difference in the lives of working families,” Duckworth said.

Warrenville Mayor David Brummel and other mayors from Chicagoland suburbs recently voiced their concerns about Gov. Bruce Rauner's proposal to reduce the Local Government Distributive Fund (LGDF) by 50 percent, saying cutting the state-shared income tax could negatively impact their areas.

Mayor Broda recently requested that Gov. Rauner preserve the state budget without removing any revenue.

State Rep. Ron Sandack (R-Downers Grove) has been selected to join a bipartisan task force that will evaluate the adequacy and equity of the school funding formula.

Lawmakers call on legislation to jump-start America's supercomputing industries