government consolidation

Elections in Illinois are often handled on a regional basis by the County Clerk. Larger communities like Aurora and Rockford have independent boards, but…

A new Illinois law aimed at consolidating local government services will significantly reduce the number of separate emergency dispatch centers in parts…

Illinois has more individual units of government than any other state. A report approved Thursday by a gubernatorial task force says that ought to…

Governor Pat Quinn recently signed a bill that enables certain local taxing bodies to merge or dissolve. Before the law was passed, local units of…