SPRINGFIELD — Suburban lawmakers are pushing a plan to try to avoid the high costs seen by McHenry County after the failed prosecution last year of State’s Attorney Louis Bianchi.
In Bianchi’s case, he was tried twice by a special prosecutor, leaving the McHenry County Board with initial legal fees totaling nearly $600,000.
McHenry County Board to vote on salary freeze, mileage
Proposals to freeze salaries for two years and eliminate mileage reimbursement for county board members will be up for vote by the McHenry County Board, probably sometime in the next few weeks, officials said.
The chairmen of the board’s standing committees met Wednesday morning to discuss salaries going...
McHenry County was recently recognized by the National Association of Counties (NACo) for implementing innovative county government programs to better serve area residents. The 2011 NACo Achievement Awards winners were honored during the NACo’s 76th Annual Conference and Exposition in Portland, Oregon. McHenry County received three NACo Achievement...
If the Illinois Tollway’s $12 billion capital plan is approved Thursday, part of the plan includes moving up the timetable to make Route 47 a full Interstate 90 interchange.
As part of the capital plan, the tollway would begin construction of the interchange in 2012, as opposed to 2013, as it currently is scheduled,...
Republican leaders in the General Assembly made good Wednesday on their threat to file a lawsuit over the Democratic-drawn remap of state legislative districts.
House Republican leader Tom Cross and Senate Republican leader Christine Radogno allege in the federal lawsuit that the map shortchanges black and Hispanic voters...
To local legislators who removed convicted Gov. Rod Blagojevich from office, the sequel was much better than the original.
The House lawmakers who impeached Blagojevich and the Senators who removed him from office said his conviction Monday on 17 corruption counts is long overdue, and a welcome change from the first trial...
