Rockford mayor tapped to lead Illinois Municipal League
Rockford Mayor Tom McNamara has been tapped to succeed Brad Cole as president and CEO of the Illinois Municipal League.
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Illinois municipal leaders unveil ‘REAL’ counter to Pritzker’s ‘BUILD’ housing plan
The Illinois Municipal League has unveiled a counterproposal to Gov. JB Pritzker’s Building Up Illinois Developments (BUILD) housing plan that ...
Bill targets zoning laws that block homes for adults with disabilities
Advocates call local zoning rules "discriminatory" against adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities.
Illinois mayors call on Pritzker to rethink flat local government funding
Governor’s budget proposal calls for reducing the share of income tax revenue that goes to local governments.
More than half of Illinois communities have enacted a local grocery tax
Gov. JB Pritzker signed a law in 2024 eliminating the statewide grocery tax. Here’s what happens now.
Lawmakers offer 2 incomplete pitches for public transit and funding reform
Proposals in the Illinois House and Senate would fundamentally alter public transit in Chicagoland.
Illinois ethics laws among the weakest in the nation
Government reform advocates told a panel of state lawmakers Thursday that Illinois has some of the weakest governmental ethics rules ...
CAPITOL BRIEFS: Wednesday, Feb. 6, 2019
The state of Illinois could see $100 million in increased annual revenue by legalizing sports gambling, according to a joint ...
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