The U.S. Supreme Court's ruling this weak overturning a decades-old decision allowing unions to charge non-members for lobbying seems to belong a world away, ideologically, from the one in 1977 that said such fees were constitutional.

News that the Village of Glencoe has cross-trained all its emergency response staff, and can now use a single fund for police and firefighter retirement benefits raises the question about whether other communities have attempted similar consolidation.

After his recent victory over Carol Smith Donovan for a seat on the Illinois Republican Central Committee, newcomer Mark Hosty had some conciliatory words for his fellow Republicans.

Ex-Markham Mayor David Webb Jr. was accused in federal court in Chicago of bribery, according to a Dec. 1 press release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Illinois.

The Better Government Association is urging Chicago commissioners to exercise due diligence in determining whether Cook County's controversial soda tax should be repealed.