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Cook County gets DOJ monitors in record 50-state push

The U.S. Department of Justice deployed approximately 1,000 election monitors to all 50 states on Nov. 3, including to Cook County and Chicago. Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul said monitors cannot seize ballots or interfere with election administration.

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Library board eyes 2.7% property tax levy increase Tuesday

The Park Ridge Public Library Board of Trustees will review a proposed FY27 budget Tuesday that would raise the property tax levy by $117,092, or 2.7%, to $4,453,813, while adding a new half-time outreach coordinator and a 4% merit raise pool for staff.

A Victorian-era home with a mansard roof and front porch on a tree-lined lot.

Park Ridge holds first historic district hearing for Spanish Town

The Park Ridge Historic Preservation Commission held a public hearing Aug. 5 on a proposed historic district designation for five Spanish Colonial Revival homes in the Spanish Town neighborhood, which would be the city's first-ever historic district and would require owners to get design approval for exterior changes.

Neoclassical courthouse building with columns and autumn trees lining the sidewalk.

New Illinois law makes unauthorized courthouse recording a crime

A new Illinois law sponsored by state Sen. Laura Murphy of Des Plaines makes unauthorized video recording and photography in courthouses a Class A misdemeanor, targeting the intimidation of domestic violence victims.

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