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What does the last-minute fix for transit budget gap mean and why the 45-cent toll hike?
03/11/2025

What does the last-minute fix for transit budget gap mean and why the 45-cent toll hike?

In 2011, after months of public hearings and detailed presentations, Illinois tollway directors took the controversial step of nearly doubling rates to fund a massive road building program. Last week ...

What new ACT data shows of student proficiency in 2025 school report card
02/11/2025

What new ACT data shows of student proficiency in 2025 school report card

More than two-thirds of suburban high school juniors scored above 50% proficiency in English language arts and nearly half scored above 50% proficiency in mathematics on the ACT college entrance exam,...

Daily Herald opinion: Necessary, yes; but rankling imperfections: Suburbs pay a heavy price ...
02/11/2025

Daily Herald opinion: Necessary, yes; but rankling imperfections: Suburbs pay a heavy price ...

In the true spirit of compromise, the $1.5 billion bailout plan Springfield approved in the wee hours of Friday morning solves a problem, but with some feature for every stakeholder to feel unhappy ab...

Chronic absenteeism numbers dip for third year; state launches special task force to address problem - Daily Herald
02/11/2025

Chronic absenteeism numbers dip for third year; state launches special task force to address problem - Daily Herald

Amid a statewide decline in students missing school, Illinois is launching a Chronic Absence Task Force to study strategies to further reduce chronic absenteeism across all grade levels, state educati...

'Dial-a-ride' networks fill gaps in public transit in suburban communities
01/11/2025

'Dial-a-ride' networks fill gaps in public transit in suburban communities

As Chicagoans sound the alarm over potentially crippling cuts to the CTA, suburban counties are hitting the gas on their own transit solution.

Trips through Illinois Tollway will soon cost more. What drivers should know
31/10/2025

Trips through Illinois Tollway will soon cost more. What drivers should know

A bill that would raise the cost of Illinois tolls was passed Friday and sent to Gov. Pritzker to be signed into law. Here's what we know.

District 15 superintendent retiring at end of school year
31/10/2025

District 15 superintendent retiring at end of school year

Palatine Township Elementary School District 15 Superintendent Laurie Heinz will retire at the end of the school year, ending a seven-year tenure highlighted by the passage of a $93 million referendum...

Suspects fleeing immigration officials caught entering Warren High School in Gurnee
30/10/2025

Suspects fleeing immigration officials caught entering Warren High School in Gurnee

Two suspects fleeing from federal immigration officials crashed a vehicle near Warren High School O’Plaine Campus in Gurnee Thursday morning and attempted to enter school before being caught. Gurnee...

Police investigate after bullet found at Rolling Meadows High School
28/10/2025

Police investigate after bullet found at Rolling Meadows High School

Rolling Meadows High School students were briefly told to remain in their classrooms early Tuesday afternoon after a student discovered a bullet in the building, authorities said. The student turned i...

Chicago, suburbs dominate new ranking of ‘Best' elementary schools in Illinois
28/10/2025

Chicago, suburbs dominate new ranking of ‘Best' elementary schools in Illinois

The list, from U.S. News & World Report, shows a number of Chicago and suburban made the top 25, but the school that rounded out the top 3 came from outside the Chicago area.

District 214 renovations could cost average homeowner $421 more per year
23/10/2025

District 214 renovations could cost average homeowner $421 more per year

The average Northwest Suburban High School District 214 taxpayer could pay anywhere from about $200 to more than $400 in additional property taxes a year to fund renovations to aging school buildings,...

'Less food for more people': Thousands could lose SNAP benefits amid shutdown, advocates warn
23/10/2025

'Less food for more people': Thousands could lose SNAP benefits amid shutdown, advocates warn

Dawn uses the food pantry at Outreach House in Lombard to feed her four children and also depends on SNAP benefits, which pay for a week’s worth of groceries, to put meals on the table. “If she lo...

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