Amid opposition to a five-story apartment building beside Sunset Woods Park, Highland Park plan commissioners said their hands were tied.
$300,000 in public funding will support grants for nonprofit organizations serving Highland Park residents.
Two Highland Park residents are among the applicants seeking appointment to a soon-to-be-vacant associate judge seat.
Pressure to fund pensions is "draining resources" from services and capital spending, prompting a 6.1 percent hike to the property tax levy.
Attorney General-elect Kwame Raoul picked the Highland Park mayor and nine others for his transition committee this week.
The Highland Park City Council approved four agreements with the Park District of Highland Park to turn a golf course into a nature park.
The man who "bailed out" the city by converting Highland Park's former Christian Science Church into his home wanted to be unencumbered.
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Deerfield Democrat and ex-marijuana czar Bob Morgan defeated Republican Rick Lesser, a former Lake Bluff trustee for Scott Drury's seat.
Highland Park's 10-year development with Ravinia Festival is due to expire in January.
A 400-unit apartment building and more than 100 townhouses are included in an early version of a development plan for the property.
Developers present plans for the 171-unit "Albion at Highland Park" at 1850 Green Bay Road to the Highland Park Plan and Design Commission.
A rally against the Trump Administration's "zero tolerance" immigration policies is set for 3 p.m. Saturday at Port Clinton Square.
"What procedures will be implemented to prevent this from happening again?" the appearance review committee asked.
Steve Elrod will assume the presidency of the Chicago Bar Thursday.
The "Wear Orange" campaign marks the 4th annual National Gun Violence Awareness Day Saturday.
With 5 of its the 7 seats up for election next year, the board was asked to postpone the search for a new permanent superintendent.
Township Assessor Cynthia Plouché resigned last week and will leave office June 11.
The 29th District state senator will give an update Saturday on her recent work in Springfield as the session draws to a close.
Council members granted permission to build a 2-story mixed-use commercial development on the site of the shuttered theater Monday.
HPHS students organized a daylong walkout and demonstrations against gun violence Friday on the 19th anniversary of the Columbine shooting.
The 3rd annual naturalization ceremony organized by HPHS members of the Highland Park-Highwood Legal Aid Clinic Student Board.
The outgoing representative accused his state senator and other Democrats of putting a "poison pill" into the House-passed bump stock ban.
Council members declined to allow realtors to open up on a prime corner of the pedestrian shopping district.
The city intends to complete more than $17 million in construction projects as part of this year's capital improvement plan.
The vice-chair of the West Deerfield Township Republicans defeated two well-funded opponents in the 10th District GOP congressional primary.
The Highland Park City Council voted 5-0 to deny a resident's petition to lower the speed limit to 30 mph in front of his new house.
The 86-unit Atria Highland Park development received final approval from council members Monday.
Highland Park is working with the Army Corp on long-term regional stormwater management solutions.
"We presume that the legislature did not intend absurdity, inconvenience, or injustice," the judges wrote, allowing early voting to begin.
Inspections turned up overcrowding, unsanitary conditions and exposed wires, according to report on Highwood's rental housing.
"I have instilled a fear in Mike Madigan that has not been seen during his reign," the Highwood Democrat said.
The mayor's remarks were delivered at the Jan. 22 City Council meeting.
The city got a $3.75 million offer to build a luxury rental development at the downtown site.
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Cities are not immune from liability for injuries on bicycle paths, the state's highest court ruled.
The golf course will be sold for $500,000 as the City Council and Park District approved a memorandum of understanding for the HPCC.
"Nancy is the best candidate to beat the Republican nominee," said 9th District Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky.
The 129-acre new tax increment financing district aims to encourage investment and revitalization of the Briergate Business District.
The mayor said she's "humbled" to receive the support of a "role model and proven champion."