Ted Slowik

Residents of the south and southwest suburbs may be wondering how new legislative and congressional district maps might affect them. Many people will shift districts when the remapping process is...

State lawmakers appear poised to pass a bill that would dissolve a public transit district and transfer ownership of commuter parking lots to Homewood, Olympia Fields and University Park. The...

To the naked eye, the land northeast of Harlem Avenue and Route 30 in Matteson may not appear blighted. Yellow flowers bloom in the dirt, as if prairie is trying...

The state's newly released six-year, $20.7 billion plan to improve Illinois roads and bridges is packed with dozens of projects affecting the south and southwest suburbs. "Rebuild Illinois is about...

The path to getting a Democrat elected to any countywide or statewide office in Cook County or Illinois may very well run through the south suburbs. Turnout is often key...

Political adversaries and residents agree that newly elected Blue Island Mayor Fred Bilotto's top priority should be to fix streets in town. The road to political harmony, however, might be...

I have been cutting my own hair since the start of the pandemic and have no plans to return to a barber or hair salon any time soon. This is...

If you're not worried about the municipal pension crisis in Illinois, you're not paying attention. Funding shortfalls to cover pensions for retired police officers, firefighters and other public workers are...