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

Wheeling approves $7M handout to developer

03/09/2018

Despite residents seeing some of the highest property tax bills in the state, the Wheeling Board of Trustees approved a preliminary agreement giving a developer nearly $7 million to build apartments and retail space in the village.

TAGS: property taxes, TIF: Tax Increment Financing, Wheeling

Wheeling to use $1 million in TIF funds to build bridge to nowhere

By Amy Korte

10/05/2017

Wheeling village trustees have voted for a plan to use tax increment financing to build a bridge to a vacant piece of land.

TAGS: TIF: Tax Increment Financing, Wheeling

A city charter could bring order to Chicago’s dysfunction. How can it get one?

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Melony Armstrong

Process for unionizing non-state workers raises red flags

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