Christi Parsons

Facing the prospect of a property tax cap that will limit the power of local government to raise revenue, taxing bodies in McHenry and Lake Counties filed bond issues of...

Rushing to beat a property tax cap law that takes effect Tuesday, governments in Chicago`s collar counties are borrowing money at a furious pace, issuing about $1 billion in bonds...

The Du Page County Board voted Tuesday night to offer $69 million in bonds to control flooding, but continued to wrangle over the fate of millions of dollars in other...

Five years ago, school officials in Downers Grove Elementary School District 58 faced a problem common to many suburban districts-too many kids, not enough classrooms, not enough money. Voters turned...

The grass-roots Naperville organization that created a nationally recognized curbside recycling program will mark a discouraging end to one era Thursday but perhaps a bright beginning for another. There will...

Two of four mayors headed for additional four-year terms in Du Page County elections Tuesday, but the other two were defeated, according to nearly complete unofficial returns in their towns....

And then there was one. After running second in a field of three mayoral hopefuls in Naperville`s February primary for mayor, retired corporate executive Sam Macrane finished first Tuesday-when it...

It was the first morning of war, and Barb Hamilton stood in front of her 4th graders wondering what to say. At one desk, a girl with relatives living in...

As hundreds of holiday shoppers calmly strolled through the enclosed Fox Valley Shopping Center along Illinois Highway 59 and other shops in Aurora, Sandy Cuny was outside, grasping the side...

Upcoming episodes of ''As the Board Turns'' will feature Aldo Botti as the leader of a rowdy crew destined to lead Du Page County well into the 1990s. Still, there...