Illinois Congressman Peter Roskam is touting the positive impact on wages and job growth under the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA), which he co-sponsored and helped to usher through the House Ways and Means Committee in November 2017.

Republican House candidate Tonia Khouri has secured the endorsement of the Daily Herald in her run in the 49th District.

Property owners in Glendale Heights paid 3 percent of the value of their homes in taxes last year. That’s nearly 3 times the national average, according to an LGIS analysis of real estate sales data in DuPage County from Jan 1. to June 30.

At Francis Granger Middle School, a 8.7-point achievement gap persisted between black and hispanic students in 2017.

The truancy rate at Churchill Elementary School stayed flat at 2 percent during the 2016-17 school year, according to a DuPage Policy Journal analysis of the latest Illinois schools report card.

The truancy rate at Fullerton Elementary School rose to 3 percent during the 2016-17 school year, according to a DuPage Policy Journal analysis of the latest Illinois schools report card.

The Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE) has placed Lemont Bromberek Combined School District 113A on its financial "recognition" list.

The truancy rate at Brookdale Elementary School stayed flat at 0.0 percent during the 2016-17 school year, according to a DuPage Policy Journal analysis of the latest Illinois schools report card.

At Kennedy Junior High School, a 39.7-point achievement gap persisted between black and hispanic students in 2017.

The truancy rate at Cloverdale Elementary School stayed flat at 0.0 percent during the 2016-17 school year, according to a DuPage Policy Journal analysis of the latest Illinois schools report card.

More than 86.7 percent of teachers stay at Gower West Elementary School year to year, according to the 2017 three-year average in the latest Illinois schools report card.

About 95 percent of ninth graders in 2017 were on track to graduate at a school where the four-year graduation rate was 95 percent that year, according to the latest Illinois schools report card by the Illinois State Board of Education.

The truancy rate at Gary Elementary School fell to 0.2 percent during the 2016-17 school year, according to a DuPage Policy Journal analysis of the latest Illinois schools report card.

More than 88 percent of teachers stay at Wiesbrook Elementary School year to year, according to the 2017 three-year average in the latest Illinois schools report card.

The truancy rate at Owen Elementary School stayed flat at 0.0 percent during the 2016-17 school year, according to a DuPage Policy Journal analysis of the latest Illinois schools report card.

At Glenn Westlake Middle School, a 0.7-point achievement gap persisted between black and hispanic students in 2017.

At Scullen Middle School, a 14.7-point achievement gap persisted between black and hispanic students in 2017.

More than 96.4 percent of teachers stay at Lisle High School year to year, according to the 2017 three-year average in the latest Illinois schools report card.

The Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE) has placed Lisle Community Unit School District 202 on its financial "recognition" list.

The revenue Benjamin School District 25 received through local taxes increased 0.5 percent from fiscal year 2008 to 2017, adjusted for inflation, according to a DuPage Policy Journal analysis of public schools data.