For the most part, DuPage County Board candidates have been lining up in support of home-rule powers. Proponents say home-rule status would give the county of nearly 1 million people more legislative autonomy and fiscal flexibility.
DuPage County Board Chairman Dan Cronin has unveiled a $586 million budget plan that boosts pay for employees, but doesn t raise property taxes, even though local governments in Illinois can seek a maximum 5% increase as a result of surging inflation.
Transporation planners will study how to realign a section of the Great Western Trail so it would instead cross County Farm at St. Charles Road, an intersection with a traffic signal.
Tours of an old limestone quarry will give a unique glimpse into an Elmhurst landmark that was transformed into a massive reservoir capable of storing up to 2.7 billion gallons of floodwater.