Mark Shuman

The City Council has voted to refund up to $750,000 to a development group if the town chooses another builder for a $50 million downtown redevelopment project. Last summer, the...

The City Council voted to refund up to $750,000 to a development group if the town chooses another builder for a $50 million downtown redevelopment project. Last summer, the council...

Residents should weigh in on term limits for local officials, the City Council ruled Monday. Aldermen voted 5-3 Monday to let local voters seek a referendum on the issue. In...

Des Plaines aldermen have given their support to a 4.75 percent increase in the city's 2002 tax levy. The move was approved on first reading this week earlier this month,...

Des Plaines aldermen have lent their support to a 4.75 percent increase in the city's 2002 tax levy. The move was approved on first reading this week, but the measure--which...

Tax breaks recently approved by the Des Plaines City Council have kept one of the town's largest employers from leaving. Sysco Food Services-Chicago Inc., which had considered moving to Hammond,...

Aldermen voted 6-2 this week to annex three acres in the 100 block of East River Road, paving the way for a 36-unit town home project. A handful of neighborhood...

The Zoning Board of Appeals has voted unanimously to recommend approval of height and parking variances for a six-story LaQuinta Inn proposed for 3.8 acres at the southeast corner of...

A group representing about 300 former Des Plaines city employees will discuss health insurance rates with city officials next week after a spokeswoman for the retirees complained to aldermen this...

The Zoning Board of Appeals voted unanimously this week to recommend approval of height and parking variances for a six-story LaQuinta Inn proposed for 3.8 acres at the southeast corner...