The North Chicago City Council unanimously approved on Monday a $10 million project for an 11,365 square foot Compass Travel Center along Route 41, with construction expected to be complete by the end of this year. The redevelopment agreement is a $10 million investment and will transform a 7.7-acre site at 3100 Skokie Highway, which […]
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Lake Forest purchases nearly 100,000-square-foot, three-story office building for new police station
Lake Forest has purchased a three-story office building, which is nearly 100,000 square feet, for its police department’s new headquarters, which officials say allows for significant cost savings. The Lake Forest City Council earlier this week unanimously approved the purchase of the building located at 1925 Field Court for reuse as a new police facility. […]
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Pro-Palestine protesters disrupt Waukegan City Council meeting over Israel-Hamas ceasefire resolution
Pro-Palestine protesters disrupted the Waukegan City Council meeting on Monday after a city resolution to promote a ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas war failed to pass. The Waukegan City Council held its regular meeting at 7 p.m. Monday. Part of the meeting agenda was for the council to vote on a motion to approve a resolution […]
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Village boards in Vernon Hills, Gurnee pass ordinances banning unscheduled migrant drop-offs
Gurnee and Vernon Hills have become the latest towns in Lake County to ban buses from dropping off migrants and allow the towns to impound buses that do so. The Gurnee Village Board unanimously voted to pass a regulation of unscheduled bus stops ordinance last week. Gurnee Mayor Tom Hood said the developing migrant crisis […]
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City councils in Marengo, Harvard pass ordinance banning unscheduled migrant drop-offs
Marengo and Harvard have become the latest to enact a ban on unscheduled migrant bus drop-offs and to impose large fines for bus operators who violate the measure. The Marengo City Council voted on the migrant bus ordinance during its city council meeting last Monday. The ordinance, which applies to omnibus drivers who have capacity […]
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Deerfield, Highland Park pass ordinances aimed to curb unscheduled migrant bus drop-offs
Highland Park and Deerfield both passed ordinances on Tuesday restricting unscheduled migrant drop-offs in the two towns and allowing them to impound buses and fine bus operators. The Deerfield Village Board approved the ordinance regulating one-way unscheduled commercial bus and transportation services that drop off passengers in the village without pre-arranged resources such as food and […]
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Crystal Lake passes ordinance restricting migrant bus drop-offs as Marengo set to vote on similar measure
The Crystal Lake City Council has approved an ordinance allowing the city to impound buses and fine operators dropping off migrants without notice as Marengo is set to vote on a similar measure. The council unanimously passed the ordinance, which ratified the mayor’s December executive order, on Tuesday evening. It went into effect immediately. “The […]
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North Chicago, Grayslake, Waukegan and Highwood pass ordinances cracking down on migrant bus drop-offs
Waukegan, North Chicago, Grayslake and Highwood have passed ordinances that will allow the towns to impound buses and fine operators if they drop off migrants without approval. Grayslake Mayor Rhett Taylor introduced an ordinance that requires buses that drop off migrants in Grayslake to have insurance, pay fees and taxes, provide a manifest and submit […]
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Woodstock, Buffalo Grove both approve ordinances aimed to curb unscheduled migrant bus drop-offs
Buffalo Grove and Woodstock both approved ordinances Tuesday evening that will allow the towns to impound buses and fine operators if they drop off migrants without approval. The Buffalo Grove Village Board unanimously voted to pass an ordinance amending a chapter of the town’s municipal code. It allows the police chief to regulate unscheduled bus stops […]