Over a dozen beaches across the Chicagoland area are closed due to E.coli contamination and erosion, with the most closures ...

The Illinois Department of Public Health regularly tests the water to determine when beaches are safe to reopen.

“Even when confronted with a massive budget hole, Governor Pritzker still signed into a law yet another record spending bill.

Demand, however, appears to be fueling new housing construction across Lake County and other locations in the region. In Kane County, west of Elgin, a plan to build 900 housing units on a broad swath ...

As we prepare to enjoy fireworks over the lake or at a suburban venue close to home ... property tax day (though that date keeps changing for those of us in Cook County.) This year’s menu of state tax ...