Trade unions want Kane County officials to change the way they award construction contracts in ways that could force the county to use more union contractors and push more people into joining local trade unions. A GOP-led county board rejected a nearly identical plan 10 years ago.
Kane County officials are starting their final push to eliminate the remaining need for a toll on the Longmeadow Parkway by asking neighboring counties and the state to help pay off the debt for it.
Kane County State s Attorney Jamie Mosser is pressing the county board to boost the salaries in her office ASAP to keep attorneys from leaving. But there s no money to do that in the long term. Mosser s pressure will force the county board to once again debate the idea of tax increases.
Kane County Sheriff Ron Hain blasted local Democratic state lawmakers this week, blaming them for the legislative and legal failings of the state s new ban on certain firearms.
Kane County officials will begin in-depth consideration of the sale of the government center campus on Batavia Avenue in Geneva. It s a decision complicated by the historic nature of the property and a multimillion-dollar cost to taxpayers.