Candidate Joseph Nowik tells Patch why he should be elected as At-Large Trustee for Skokie on April 1.
Candidate forums for Districts 68 and 219 tonight
Candidate James Johnson tells Patch why they should be elected as Village Clerk for Skokie on April 1.
Candidates discuss business challenges, housing and environmental sustainability as village moves to district-based representation
First forum for four new village trustee electoral districts tonight.
A referendum on ranked choice voting will appear on the April ballot as legal challenges complicate implementation in Cook County towns.
Oral arguments are set this month on whether to dismiss a suit filed by a Cook County public defender who claims her rights were violated.
A $600,000 state OSLAD grant will go toward accessibility improvements, court renovations and a new playground at Proesel Park.
Developers included some affordable units, but fewer than required by an ordinance that passed after the $100 million project was proposed.
Residents of a town that has had just 3 mayors in the past 60 years decided it's time to impose term limits.
Village residents are voting on whether to limit elected officials to three terms each as mayor, trustee or clerk.
Skokie voters will consider term limits for elected officials, pick a new top prosecutor and determine a few contested statehouse races.
The lawmaker-turned-lobbyist was pressured out of the legislature at Madigan's insistence after facing allegations of sexual harassment.
Skokie voters are casting ballots early to decide on a wide range of issues, from local term limits to Cook County races.
A brewery and two local dry cleaners are among the first half-dozen winners of a new Cook County grant program.
Village trustees gave the green light to the first phase of a $100 million redevelopment plan to add housing to Westfield Old Orchard Mall.
For the first time, Skokie residents will decide whether to impose caps on the amount of time mayors, clerks and village trustees can serve.
One year after the deadliest attack on Jews since the Holocaust, Reps. Schakowsky and Schneider call for peace and safe return of hostages.
Fifteen of the first 425 apartments planned for the first phase of Old Orchard Mall's redevelopment are set to be designated as affordable.
Cook County prosecutors claim total immunity against a lawsuit filed by an acquitted ex-sergeant who retired before he could be fired.
The Skokie Bike Network urged village officials to take action to protect riders on Skokie's roadways.
Village trustees decided to give up more than $2 million in grant funding following opposition to protected bike lanes from some residents.
Sgt. Melissa Russell's lawsuit alleges years of gender discrimination, harassment and retaliation from high-ranking Skokie police officials.
Former CPD Sgt. Michael Vitellaro's suit alleges he was arrested for "the improper purpose of satisfying the desires of the community."
“Home energy is a basic human right," said chief senate sponsor Sen. Ram Villivalam, "we should treat it as such."
The two newest park district commissioners include a former journalist and an ex-employee of the Art Institute of Chicago.
The Skokie Village Board hired the Smart Energy Design Assistance Center at the UIUC to create a new Skokie-specific green business program.
Out of more than a dozen applicants seeking to replace the longtime clerk, Desai emerged as mayor's top choice.
Gov. J.B. Pritzker wants to eliminate a 1% grocery sales tax at a cost of about $325 million to local governments.
Village trustees prepare to let voters decide whether to impose three-term limits on local officeholders or have instant runoff elections.
The race between retired judge Eileen O'Neill Burke and longtime government staffer Clayton Harris remains too close to call.
A career prosecutor who resigned from the state's attorney's office in protest of Kim Foxx defeated a candidate backed by elected Democrats.
Liam Kelly, ex-president of 39th Ward Democrats, faces off against longtime prosecutor James Murphy, who resigned in protest of Kim Foxx.
Newly formed nonprofit Citizens for Ethical Campaigns wants more candidates to sign Illinois' little-known Code of Fair Campaign Practices.
After the Illinois Attorney General's Office found the village violated the Open Meetings Act, Patch obtained audio of the discussion.
Debra Gassman says preventing her from displaying the photograph is a violation of her First Amendment rights.
After an "unauthorized actor" gained access to Skokie's networks and took "certain files and data," village staff were told to keep quiet.
The Skokie police chief has just 10 more days on the job, village staff announced Tuesday.
Electoral reforms approved last November will be in effect for local elections in 2025.
The National Transportation Safety Board chair told reporters she did not yet know why there was snow-removal equipment on the tracks.