Christi Parsons

The daughter of the Democratic candidate for mayor will continue to serve in her position as Lake County elections administrator despite Republican complaints Monday. Lake County Clerk Linda Hess dismissed...

A proposal for the Lake County Board to loan $1 million to the deficit-ridden North Chicago schools is prohibited by state law, according to a spokesman for State's Atty. Michael...

Rifle and handgun buyers would pay a special tax to help finance the state's network of trauma centers under a measure that was advanced Thursday by Democrats controlling an Illinois...

The question of whether to revamp Waukegan city government to replace the mayor with a manager will be before local voters in less than a month, and proponents are mounting...

The Lake County Board member who represents North Chicago petitioned the board's Finance Committee on Thursday to come up with $1.5 million to aid that city's bankrupt school system, slated...

Lake County officials met this week in Washington with top Pentagon and congressional leaders in their crusade to save the Great Lakes Naval Training Center, but they received no assurances...

The city's election officials have canceled Tuesday's primary election, saying there is no bona fide opponent to Republican Mayor Haig Paravonian. Workers in Lake County Clerk Linda Hess' office are...

It's hard to tell who wants Jack Potter on the ballot in Waukegan's February Republican mayoral primary more-Potter himself or local Democrats. Potter is hopeful that the local electoral board...

Mayoral candidate Jack Potter is a very frugal, "non-traditional" man or a liar, attorneys suggested Thursday in a fight over whether Potter should be allowed on the Republican primary ballot....

The possibility of riverboat casinos on the Chain o` Lakes or Fox River received a warm reception Thursday night from the agency that oversees the waters, perhaps signaling smooth sailing...