Issues guide to variety of options for payment Property owners in DuPage County recently received their 2016 property tax bills. As many might already know that while the average tax rate is down 4.94 percent, the average bill has increased. DuPage County Treasurer Gwen Henry released the following statement: “This […]

Memories, modernization, progress revealed in contents By Dee Longfellow For The Elmhurst Independent Time marches on… we see it on our faces in the mirror and the faces of our children as they grow and mature. Time is much more meaningful when it is remembered over a period of several […]

On the evening of June 2 from 7 – 10 p.m., alumni, alumni parents, current former teachers and staff, and friends of Immaculate Conception Grade School in Elmhurst, are invited to gather for drinks, food, and friendship at the Knights of Columbus Hall, 537 S. York Rd. Food truck fare […]

Is your child’s teacher more than just a teacher? Does he/she provide an outstanding role model for him or her? If so, please have your child write and tell us in 100 words or less. The first 75 letters will appear in our May 25th paper. All letters to be […]

ILLINOIS NEWS NETWORK If you have a landline, chances are it’s not from the phone company. More likely it’s provided by your cable company. And that’s why AT&T is asking Illinois lawmakers to help roll back a decades-old requirement that forces it to spend hundreds of millions of dollars on […]

ILLINOIS NEWS NETWORK There are a lot of different plans to reform Illinois’ increasingly underfunded public pension funds, but one idea has been under lawmakers’ noses for nearly 20 years. A recent report from Pew Charitable Trust for 2015 pension liabilities across the country shows Illinois’ then-$111 billion unfunded liability […]

No certainty on budget, economic reforms in final few weeks of session ILLINOIS NEWS NETWORK Lawmakers have until the end of the month to pass a balanced, full year’s spending plan with simple majorities. The House is off this week but the Senate is in session beginning Tuesday, where there […]

Local taxpayers would experience relief from paying for expensive pension plans under legislation recently passed out of the House by state Rep. Deb Conroy, D-Villa Park, which would end the publicly-funded retirement benefits given to part-time DuPage County Forest Preserve board members. “It’s inappropriate for forest preserve board members to […]

State Senator Tom Cullerton (D-Villa Park) is continuing his work to raise awareness for Pediatric Autoimmune Neuropsychiatric Disorder Associated with Streptococcal Infections (PANDAS) by designating October 9 of 2017 and 2018 as PANS, PANDAS and PITAND Awareness Day in the State of Illinois. “Education is essential to early diagnosis of […]

  SPRINGFIELD…..In a unanimous vote on Friday, State Representative Peter Breen (R-Lombard) passed legislation that is estimated to save Illinois small businesses and not-for-profits millions of dollars in electronic filing fees. HB 3514 would amend state law to end the practice of charging “expedited service fees” of $25, $50, or […]