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. TAGS: Arlington Heights, Bolingbrook, Buffalo Grove, cannabis, Carbondale, Carol Stream, Chicago, City of Springfield, collar counties, Collinsville, Danville, Decatur, Downers Grove, DuPage County, Edwardsville, Elmhurst, Grayslake, Highland Park, Joliet, Lake Forest, Lake Zurich, legalization, Libertyville, Lombard, marijuana, Mundelein, municipal government, Naperville, Northbrook, Oak Park, Plainfield, prohibition, Schaumburg, Urbana, Waukegan, Wheaton, Winnetka
1 in 3 joint filers in Highland Park would see income tax hike if voters approve Pritzker’s ‘fair tax’ By Bryce Hill, Chena Underhill 10/14/2019 Voters statewide will decide whether 2,656 Highland Park taxpayers should send $81 million in additional income taxes to Springfield. TAGS: fair tax, graduated income tax, Highland Park, income tax, JB Pritzker, progressive income tax, taxes
Highland Park to hike property tax levy nearly $1M to pay for pensions 12/04/2018 Citing public safety pension costs, the city is expected to approve another increase to its property tax levy. TAGS: Highland Park, municipal pensions, pension guarantee, pensions, property taxes, taxes
Play money: Former Park District of Highland Park employees taking home 6-figure pensions By Austin Berg 08/16/2018 More than a dozen city and park district retirees in Highland Park have received more than $1 million in pension benefits each. TAGS: 401(k), Highland Park, IMRF: Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund, municipal pensions, pensions, property taxes, taxes
Most of Lake County’s largest communities are shrinking By Austin Berg 07/09/2018 Many communities in the northern Illinois border county are having trouble attracting and retaining residents. TAGS: Buffalo Grove, Gurnee, Highland Park, Lake County, Mundelein, North Chicago, outmigration, population, Round Lake Beach, Vernon Hills, Waukegan, Wheeling, Winthrop Harbor