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Monee Township

Meeting Briefs

Meeting Summary and Briefs: Monee Township Board for Oct. 2025

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Township Board Approves $5,000 Grant for Mud Dog Baseball

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Highway Commissioner Reports Completion of $600,000 Road Improvement Project

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Monee Township Proposes 7.75% Tax Levy Increase Following TIF Fund Release

Meeting Briefs

Meeting Summary and Briefs: Monee Township Board for Sept. 2025

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Monee Township Sets Truth in Taxation Hearing for November

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University Park Residents Main Beneficiaries of Township School Supply Program

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Monee Township Advances Food Pantry Non-Profit Status, Approves $2,000 Agreement

Meeting Briefs

Meeting Summary and Briefs: Monee Township Board for Aug. 2025

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Attorney Advises Board Against Reissuing 18-Year-Old Check

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Public Hearings Set for I-57 Freight Route and Monee TIF District

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Monee Township Food Pantry Expansion Phase 2 Pushed to 2026

Education

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Offer Accepted for Sale of Monee Education Center

Crete-Monee School District 201-U Meeting | November 2025 Article Summary: The Crete-Monee School District has successfully secured a buyer for the Monee Education Center (MEC) after reopening the bidding process....
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Board Moves to Create Policy Ensuring Sustainability of Early Learning Center

Crete-Monee School District 201-U Meeting | November 2025 Article Summary: Following a presentation on the success of the Early Learning Center (ELC), Board President Maurice Brown directed the creation of...
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District Proposes “Balloon Levy” to Capture Expiring TIF Revenue

Crete-Monee School District 201-U Meeting | November 2025 Article Summary: The Board of Education discussed the 2025 Tax Levy, opting to request a higher amount than expected to ensure the...
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Talala Elementary Designated “Comprehensive” as District Reviews Academic Performance

Crete-Monee School District 201-U Meeting | November 2025 Article Summary: The Crete-Monee School District 201-U Board of Education received the 2024-2025 Fall Academic Report, which highlighted a 92.2% graduation rate...
Meeting Briefs

Meeting Summary and Briefs: Crete-Monee School District 201-U for October 21, 2025

Crete-Monee School District 201-U Meeting | October 21, 2025 The Crete-Monee School District 201-U Board of Education met on Tuesday, October 21, 2025, at the Early Learning Center to address...
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Board Authorizes Legal Intervention in Property Tax Proceedings

Crete-Monee School District 201-U Meeting | October 21, 2025 Article Summary: The Crete-Monee School District 201-U Board of Education passed a resolution authorizing its legal counsel to intervene in property...
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District Approves Over $2.1 Million in Construction Payments; Monitors Middle School Project

Crete-Monee School District 201-U Meeting | October 21, 2025 Article Summary: The Crete-Monee School District 201-U Board of Education approved significant payments for ongoing construction projects at the high school...
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Crete-Monee Board Moves to Re-Bid Monee Education Center Following Interest

Crete-Monee School District 201-U Meeting | October 21, 2025 Article Summary: The Crete-Monee School District 201-U Board of Education has agreed to reopen the bidding process for the sale of...
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Meeting Summary and Briefs: Crete-Monee School District 201-U for September 2025

Crete-Monee School District 201-U Meeting | September 2025 Overall Meeting SummaryThe Crete-Monee School District 201-U Board of Education met on Tuesday, September 16, 2025, to conduct essential business including the...

Will County Board Meetings

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Sheriff’s Office Reports Crime Down 10%, Cites Body Cam Footage as Main Challenge of Safety Act

Will County Public Health & Safety Committee Meeting October 2, 2025 Article Summary: The Will County Sheriff's Office reported a nearly 10% overall drop in crime compared to the same...
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Will County Considers Moving Land Use Public Hearings Away from Full Board Meetings

Will County Executive Committee Meeting October 9, 2025 Article Summary: A proposal to move the final public hearing for zoning and land use cases from the full Will County Board...
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Meeting Summary and Briefs: Will County Board for September 18, 2025

The Will County Board navigated a contentious meeting on September 18, 2025, marked by narrow votes on two highly debated land use issues in Crete and Homer Glen. The board...
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County Board Abates Over $25 Million in Property Taxes for Bond Payments

Article Summary: Will County property taxpayers will be spared over $25 million in taxes for the 2026 payment year after the County Board voted to abate taxes for six separate...
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Will County Reverses Zoning on Peotone Farmland to Facilitate 10-Acre Sale

Article Summary: The Will County Board unanimously approved a request to rezone a 10.08-acre portion of a property in Will Township back to agricultural use, reversing a 2023 zoning change....
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Will County to Pay Enbridge $82,000 to Relocate Pipeline Equipment for Exchange Street Improvements

Article Summary: Will County will reimburse Enbridge Energy for costs associated with relocating its pipeline facilities to make way for roadway improvements on Exchange Street in the Monee and Crete...
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Laraway Road Widening Project in New Lenox and Frankfort Gets Additional $468,000 for Redesign

Article Summary: The Will County Board approved a supplemental agreement worth $468,374 for additional design and engineering work on the major Laraway Road expansion project. The funds are needed for...
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“Federal Policy Uncertainty” Blamed for Delay of Peotone Solar Farm; County Grants Second Extension

Article Summary: The Will County Board has granted a second permit extension for a solar farm in Peotone Township after the developer, Trajectory Energy Partners, cited "ongoing uncertainty regarding federal...
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Will County Grants Extensions to Five Solar Projects Sold to New Developers

Article Summary: The Will County Board approved first-time permit extensions for five commercial solar projects across Monee, Crete, and Joliet townships, all of which were recently sold to larger energy...

Illinois News

Illinois quick hits: Another attack on CTA passenger; plaintiffs move to dismiss their ICE use of force case

Illinois quick hits: Another attack on CTA passenger; plaintiffs move to dismiss their ICE use of force case

By Jim Talamonti | The Center SquareThe Center Square Another attack on CTA passenger Illinois House Republicans say the SAFE-T Act continues to fail Illinois residents after a suspect with...

WATCH: Pritzker: ‘No’ to state taxpayer-funded guaranteed income

By Jim Talamonti | The Center SquareThe Center Square (The Center Square) – Gov. J.B. Pritzker says he is not planning to follow Cook County by implementing a guaranteed income...
Disability group, coroners press governor ahead of assisted suicide decision

Disability group, coroners press governor ahead of assisted suicide decision

By Catrina Barker | The Center Square contributorThe Center Square (The Center Square) – A Chicago-based disability-rights organization is seeking a meeting with Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s office as Illinois prepares...
WATCH: U.S. Rep. Miller live; Heated rhetoric in Congress; SNAP, ‘basic income’ debate

WATCH: U.S. Rep. Miller live; Heated rhetoric in Congress; SNAP, ‘basic income’ debate

By Greg Bishop | The Center SquareThe Center Square (The Center Square) – In today's edition of Illinois in Focus Daily, The Center Square Editor Greg Bishop talks live with...
Illinois quick hits: Layoff announcements; Freedom Caucus criticizes library association

Illinois quick hits: Layoff announcements; Freedom Caucus criticizes library association

By Jim Talamonti | The Center SquareThe Center Square Layoff announcements According to the latest Illinois Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act notices, 1,138 employees across the state will be...
Illinois quick hits: Job training grants announced; products market moving indoors

Illinois quick hits: Job training grants announced; products market moving indoors

By Jim Talamonti | The Center SquareThe Center Square Job training grants announced Gov. J.B. Pritzker and the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity announced an additional $10 million...
Chicago aldermen advance ordinance to restrict hemp sales

Chicago aldermen advance ordinance to restrict hemp sales

By Jim Talamonti | The Center SquareThe Center Square (The Center Square) – A Chicago city council committee has advanced an ordinance that would ban most hemp sales in the...

WATCH: IL Democrats’ rhetoric against law enforcement takes Congressional spotlight

By Greg Bishop | The Center SquareThe Center Square (The Center Square) – Illinois’ role in the immigration debate took center stage during a congressional hearing about anti-law enforcement rhetoric....

WATCH: ‘Bipartisan’ Pritzker announces Illinois’ plans for USA’s 250th anniversary

By Jim Talamonti | The Center SquareThe Center Square (The Center Square) – Gov. J.B. Pritzker says the state will be spending taxpayer money, and he wishes it could spend...

National News

U.S. Supreme Court upholds Texas' new congressional maps

U.S. Supreme Court upholds Texas’ new congressional maps

By Bethany BlankleyThe Center Square The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday handed Texas a win in a challenge to its new congressional redistricting maps, granting a stay of a lower...
In last four years, five northern states saw most illegal crossings

In last four years, five northern states saw most illegal crossings

By Bethany BlankleyThe Center Square Under the Biden administration, the greatest number of illegal border crossers at the U.S.-Canada border were reported in U.S. history, breaking records nearly every month...
Some push for FDA approval of psychedelic treatments for veterans

Some push for FDA approval of psychedelic treatments for veterans

By Andrew RiceThe Center Square State leaders across the country are pushing for medical trials of the psychedelic drug ibogaine to treat neurological conditions. Former Texas Gov. Rick Perry spoke...

WATCH: IL congresswoman willing to withhold highway dollars over CDL issues

By Greg BishopThe Center Square A Republican congresswoman from Illinois is looking to enforce federal Commercial Drivers License requirements by withholding federal funds from states that aren’t compliant. Data provided...
35 lawmakers unveil bipartisan health care proposal, beg leadership to adopt it

35 lawmakers unveil bipartisan health care proposal, beg leadership to adopt it

By Thérèse BoudreauxThe Center Square With only 27 days until the enhanced Obamacare Premium Tax Credits expire, a group of U.S. House members is urging congressional leadership to accept a...
DOJ confirms identity of pipe bomb suspect

DOJ confirms identity of pipe bomb suspect

By Sarah Roderick-FitchThe Center Square The U.S. Department of Justice offered few details in the ongoing investigation that led to the arrest of a suspect related to pipe bombs planted...
Trump admin implements swath of visa restrictions for dozens of countries

Trump admin implements swath of visa restrictions for dozens of countries

By Bethany BlankleyThe Center Square The Trump administration has implemented a swath of visa restrictions citing national security threats, human rights abuses and illegal immigration. After National Guard troops were...
Fanatics starts sports prediction app, not subject to state taxes, in 24 states

Fanatics starts sports prediction app, not subject to state taxes, in 24 states

By Jon StyfThe Center Square Americans can now wager on sports results through Fanatics Predicts in 24 states that have not allowed legal sports wagering including California, Texas, Georgia, Washington...
Legislation would limit U.S. military action toward Venezuela

Legislation would limit U.S. military action toward Venezuela

By Shirleen GuerraThe Center Square A new proposal in Congress led by a Virginia U.S. senator aims to prevent the federal government from using taxpayer money for military operations toward...