Where you can and can’t buy recreational marijuana in Illinois

11/15/2019

Many Illinois municipalities have voted to ban or restrict marijuana sales when it becomes legal for sale. Here’s a list of where pot will, won’t and might be legally bought.

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Pension costs force suburban Illinois village to weigh new property tax

09/16/2019

Rising pension costs could force suburban Carol Stream to impose a property tax for the first time in five decades.

TAGS: Carol Stream, municipal pensions, pension guarantee, pensions, property taxes, taxes

Despite history of corruption, Chicago suburbs still contracting with disgraced red-light camera vendor

10/03/2018

At least five local governments in Illinois still contract with Redflex, the infamous red-light camera company at the center of one of Chicago’s most expensive corruption scandals.

TAGS: Bellwood, Carol Stream, Gurnee, North Chicago, Olympia Fields, red light cameras, Redflex Traffic Systems

Beyond degrees: Empowering Illinoisans through career-first education

Published June 3, 2025 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The best path to empowerment and success, especially for poor people, is work. Work allows us to prosper while providing dignity, upward mobility, the means to support ourselves and create value for others. It’s how we become thriving members of our community. Central to this process is our education...

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Beyond degrees: Empowering Illinoisans through career-first education

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Process for unionizing non-state workers raises red flags

CBS Chicago: Illinois’ highest-paid superintendent receives $400K per year to oversee 1,200 students