Reaction to new legislation filed to support the Bears move to Arlington Heights while helping pay for the old Soldier Field renovation debt was negative across the Northwest suburbs Friday. But the bill s sponsor says he s trying to make improvements to an initial proposal he called "dead in the water" by getting buy-in from Chicago legislators.
A longtime associate of the Chicago Bears who helped secure the public financing deal for Soldier Field renovations more than two decades ago is now trying to get taxpayers support for the team s move to Arlington Heights.
Two Arlington Heights candidates for a state House seat have sharp disagreements on Illinois new criminal justice reform law, with Republican Jack Vrett saying it makes streets more dangerous and Democrat Mark Walker calling those arguments fearmongering.
A pair of Republican primaries to decide challengers for incumbent Democratic state legislators serving the Northwest suburbs materialized before Monday s candidate filing deadline, including in the Senate s 27th District currently represented by Ann Gillespie of Arlington Heights.