City voters in East Lansing, Kalamazoo and Royal Oak approved proposals allowing ranked choice voting in local elections this month. There’s just one problem – ranked choice voting isn’t allowed by the state.
Donald E. Stephens name graces several sites in Rosemont, but on Monday the late mayor s legacy as a builder was enshrined with the dedicaton of the Balmoral Avenue bridge over the Tri-State Tollway in his honor.
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Less than 12 months before Chicago voters head to the polls to elect the city’s school board for the first time, Illinois lawmakers adjourned for the year Thursday without reaching an agreement on how to conduct the first round of balloting. The House and Senate each approved separate plans for the election, but the House moved first and gaveled its session to a close before the Senate voted .
Illinois House and Senate Democrats remained divided Wednesday over how to handle the transition to a fully elected Chicago school board, while supporters of a controversial tax credit program for private school scholarships that’s set to expire at the end of the year were skeptical they’d be able to round up enough votes for an extension. With one session day remaining on the legislative .