There are three quick takeaways from a recently released report from the Illinois Economic Policy Institute on the “State of the Unions” in Illinois.

"Any suburban legislator that votes to consolidate the transit boards ... will be voting against the interest of the residents that they have been elected to represent," write McHenry County Board Chairman Michael Buehler and county council of governments President Rick Mack.

This space — managed by the Geneva Park District, City of Geneva, and Forest Preserve District of Kane County — is now home to a new family of Carniolan Honey Bees!