Midterm elections bring wave of referendums to suburban voters

A slew of measures to increase property taxes to fund school renovations, library expansions and other projects are among the referendums suburban voters will consider when they head to the polls this fall.

Pocketbook questions on the ballot

School districts and other government entities across Cook, DuPage, Kane and Lake counties have placed questions on the November ballot to seek voter approval for property tax increases and borrowing authority. Here is a look at some of them.

A city on guard: What the raids left behind after Operation Midway Blitz

It has been a year this month since the Trump administration’s Operation Midway Blitz began. What it left behind can be measured in the number of neighborhood patrollers who are still making their daily rounds on constant lookout for the threat of federal agents. It can be measured in places still coming back to life, where people keep a wary eye from apartment balconies and from behind cracks in window curtains.

SNAP participants can grab a cheaper ride on Pace and CTA in October

The Northern Illinois Transit Authority is expanding a reduced-fare program only offered on Metra now.

ECC teacher credits horror mask career to TV’s Svengoolie

Peter Infelise, a graphic design professor at Elgin Community College, has been making horror masks for decades and now has a display showing his work at the college through Nov. 30.

Naperville Public Library seeking 8% budget increase in 2027

Naperville Public Library’s proposed 2027 operating budget calls for an 8.11% spending increase — about $1.5 million more than this year and the largest increase in the last five years.

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Book Road in Naperville could reopen between 75th and 83rd streets by month’s end

Naperville residents who’ve been unable to use Book Road for most of the year will see a little relief once the stretch between 75th and 83rd streets reopens by month’s end.

Driver who collided with Metra train in Barrington dies of his injuries

A man whose car collided with a Metra train Friday in Barrington has died, authorities said Saturday.