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Why GOP culture warriors lost big in school board races this month
Politico via Yahoo News· 1 year agoAmid all the attention on this month’s elections in Wisconsin and Illinois, one outcome with major...
Big spending didn’t always lead to wins in school and library board races fueled by partisan rancor
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 1 year agoThe Illinois Democratic Party spent nearly $260,000 on local school and library board races across the state leading up to the April 4 election, but in some high-profile contests was outspent ...
School board elections see general pushback against conservatives, though not everywhere
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 1 year agoVoters across the Chicago suburbs and around the state turned back attempts to pull local school boards to the right in Tuesday’s elections, though conservative candidates had pockets of success ...
Suburban mayors warn that Pritzker’s plan to eliminate grocery sales tax will hurt services or raise...
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 3 months agoSeveral suburban mayors gathered Monday to protest a proposal to eliminate the 1% sales tax on...
Apparent winners emerge as dust settles in unusually intense Lake County school board races; ‘Our...
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 1 year agoTypically low-turnout, nonpartisan school board elections took on a different tenor this spring, particularly in parts of northern and southwestern Lake County. From Antioch District 34, where ...
Rep. Sean Casten declares victory against GOP challenger Keith Pekau as Democrats sweep Chicago...
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 2 years agoDemocratic U.S. Rep. Sean Casten declared victory late Tuesday after fending off Republican...
Editorial: The Tribune endorses Villegas in 3rd District US House Dem primary
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 2 years agoThis is the second installment of the Tribune Editorial Board’s endorsements for U.S. House primary...
Crowded Antioch school board race features ‘boogeyman talk,’ ‘Marxist progressive extremists’ and...
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 1 year agoNo election in Lake County has drawn as many entrants this year as the race for six seats on the Antioch District 34 school board, where 13 candidates are asking residents for their vote on ...
Incumbent showdowns: Sean Casten declares victory in suburban 6th District primary, while Mary...
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 2 years agoAn incumbent vs. incumbent congressional primary in the western suburbs saw Rep. Sean Casten declared the winner over his Democratic counterpart, Rep. Marie Newman. A similar intraparty battle ...