If a current Senate bill clears the House and is signed into law, Illinois will join three other states and the District of Columbia in soon paying a minimum wage of $15 per hour.

The state legislature adjourned before taking action on Senate Bill 1597, which would require Illinois consumers to pay a 5 cent fee for every single-use paper or plastic bag, but similar proposals are being considered at the county and local levels.

The average teacher at St. Charles CUSD 303 received $87,666 in total compensation in the 2015-2016 school year for working nine months, according to an analysis of Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE) and Teachers Retirement System (TRS) records by the Kane County Reporter.

The average teacher at Batavia Public School District 101 received $98,639 in total compensation during the 2015-2016 school year for working nine months, according to an analysis of Illinois State Board of Elections (ISBE) and Teachers Retirement System (TRS) records by the Kane County Reporter.

Kane County taxpayers are spending twice as much on high schools as they did 20 years ago, but ACT scores across the county have actually fallen over the same period, a Kane County Reporter analysis has found.

The average teacher at Geneva Unit District 304 received $124,673 in total compensation in 2017 for working nine months, according to an analysis of Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE) and Teachers Retirement System (TRS) records by the Kane County Reporter.

Virgil residents will decide who will serve as village president in the coming months as the next cycle of local elections unfolds.

Big Rock residents will decide who will serve as village president in the coming months as the next cycle of local elections unfolds.

Lily Lake residents will decide who will serve as village president in the coming months as the next cycle of local elections unfolds.

Pingree Grove residents will decide who will serve as village president n the coming months as the next cycle of local elections unfolds.

Campton Hills residents will decide who will serve as village president in the coming months as the next cycle of local elections unfolds.

Elgin residents will decide who will serve as mayor in the coming months as the next cycle of local elections unfolds.

Geneva School District 304 has seen its enrollment rise by 48 percent over the past 20 years.

The results of the Kane County Board races have been released.

Speaker Michael Madigan (D-Chicago) contributed $21.1 million to 30 state House races this election cycle, including $3,445,351 to 22 fellow Democrats in the week leading up to Tuesday’s general election.

Republican Jack Cunningham has been declared the winner in the Kane County Clerk's race against Democrat Nico Jimenez.

Jeff Keicher of the Republican party has been declared the winner in the House District 70 race against Democratic candidate Paul Stoddard.

Dan Ugaste of the Republican party has been declared the winner in the House District 65 race against Democratic candidate Richard Johnson.

Karina Villa of the Democratic Party has been declared the winner in the House District 49 race against Republican Tonia Khouri.

Democrat Lauren Underwood has been declared the winner in the 14th Congressional District against Republican Randy Hultgren.