Former central banker Mark Carney will become Canada’s next prime minister after the governing Liberal Party elected him its leader Sunday as the country deals with U.S. President Donald Trump’s trade war and annexation threat, and a federal election looms.
At a forum Thursday, five candidates for the board, including four incumbents, presented their policy priorities for the district.
Lockport High School District 205 candidates debated comparisons on student and spending test scores with Lincoln-Way District 210.
The League of Women Voters of Naperville and Indian Prairie Parents’ Council are hosting an online forum in advance of the April 1 election.
Former Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel kept the door open to another bid for office but said the city and the Democratic Party have a lot of work to do.
Harvey resident Lizzie Welch-Aguiniga says she gave up on schools being support systems for children by the time she was 13. The oldest of 11 children raised by a mother struggling with drug addiction, Welch-Aguiniga says she reported the regular mental, physical and sexual abuse she and her siblings faced to anyone who would listen. […]
Republican DuPage County Sheriff James Mendrick said he won’t seek a third term and will instead run for Illinois governor next year.
Cunningham’s performance was one of four contests for Democratic nominations in Waukegan and North Chicago, with two setting the stage for the April 1 general election for mayor in both cities, and two others putting unopposed candidates on the April ballot.
Calumet City Mayor Thaddeus Jones had 60% of the vote compared Tuesday, fending off a challenge from Ald. James Patton in the Democratic primary.
Incumbent mayors Jada Curry and Lawrence Jackson led Tuesday in the Democratic primaries for Lynwood and Riverdale village president.