September, 2016 Stories | Dupage Policy Journal

Peru Safety Services Committee discusses airport liability insurance options

By Wadi Reformado | Sep 14, 2016

At a meeting this week, the Peru Finance and Safety Services Committee discussed airport liability insurance options.

Streator Committee of Whole to review Five-Year Road Plan

By Wadi Reformado | Sep 14, 2016

At a meeting this week, the Streator Committee of the Whole will hear a presentation on the city's Five-Year Road Plan.

Peru Design and Review Committee discusses Fifth Street properties

By Wadi Reformado | Sep 14, 2016

At a meeting this week, the Peru Design and Review Committee discussed Fifth Street properties.

Brookfield LaGrange Park District 95 Board meeting Thursday

By Wadi Reformado | Sep 14, 2016

The Brookfield LaGrange Park School District 95 Board will meet at 7 p.m. Thursday in S.E. Gross Middle School's second-floor conference room.

LaSalle City Council considers restricting use of groundwater as potable supply

By LocalLabs News Service | Sep 13, 2016

At a meeting this week, the LaSalle City Council considered an ordinance to prohibit the use of groundwater as a potable water supply in certain circumstances.

Peru Public Services Committee updated on city projects

By Wadi Reformado | Sep 13, 2016

At a meeting this week, the Peru Public Services Committee received updates on city projects.

Peru Recreation Board discusses several park projects

By Wadi Reformado | Sep 13, 2016

At a meeting this week, the Peru Recreation Board discussed several park projects.

Brookfield LaGrange Park District 95 Board to discuss construction plans

By Wadi Reformado | Sep 13, 2016

The Brookfield LaGrange Park School District 95 Board's Finance Committee will review cost estimates for planned construction projects at its next meeting 6 p.m. Wednesday at S.E. Gross Middle School, second-floor conference room.

Bureau County Board may hire workers to process unpaid tickets

By Wadi Reformado | Sep 13, 2016

At a meeting this week, the Bureau County Board considered approving the hiring of part-time help to process outstanding traffic tickets.

Welter challenges unfunded state mandates

By Ruth de Jauregui | Sep 11, 2016

State Rep. David Welter (R-Morris) recently challenged the unfunded state mandates forced on school districts, government agencies and local municipalities.

Mautino scandal virtually ignored in state media, political realms

By Karen Kidd | Sep 10, 2016

Despite the controversy surrounding embattled Illinois Auditor General Frank Mautino, whatever misdeeds he may have committed, the scandal apparently is not a big deal, if news media buzz and political heat are any indication, a vocal citizen journalist recently said on his blog.

Confusion follows shuttering of Illinois health insurance co-op

By LocalLabs News Service | Sep 9, 2016

Policy holders who bought from an insurance co-op in Illinois remain upset and confused about the future of their care more than a month after the debt-laden company was ordered to close by insurance regulators.

Latest round of John Deere layoffs unfortunate but not surprising, conservative think tank associate says

By LocalLabs News Service | Sep 9, 2016

Manufacturing workers in Illinois suffered yet another blow this week when a major machinery manufacturer announced the layoffs of hundreds of workers in Illinois, an associate for a Chicago-based conservative think tank said in a recent article.

Amid talk of strike, rhetoric between AFSCME, state officials heats up

By LocalLabs News Service | Sep 9, 2016

While whispers of "strike" continue to be heard among the membership of the state's largest public sector union, the on-and-off negotiations with the governor reveal the power of that union, the president of a nonpartisan public-interest litigation center said.