A Jacksonville city councilman is recommending what he calls a “phased-in” approach to a proposed plan to increase trash ...

His legislation is aimed at addressing a growing “loan” that is subsidizing waste hauling with public funding.

Some Jacksonville City Council members are questioning the job performance of the city’s top legal officer, General Counsel ...

Mayor Donna Deegan issued a statement saying General Counsel Michael Fackler, whom she appointed, “calls balls and strikes.” ...

A day after General Counsel Michael Fackler invalidated City Council approval of Meridian Waste rate, councilman seeks ...

The fight between the City of Jacksonville and one of its trash haulers took another step Monday toward a possible lawsuit.

Mayor Deegan's first town hall asking residents what they want in budget featured questions about funding law enforcement and ...

The Jacksonville Bar Association, made up of around 2000 local lawyers, has come out in support of the city’s top attorney in ...

No confidence: that’s the message one city councilmember wants their colleagues to send to the city’s top attorney, General ...

Jacksonville City Council member Matt Carlucci has been a one-man band speaking to neighborhood leaders about doubling the ...

Jacksonville City Council has approved first reading of an ordinance that would allow the city to take out up to $30 million in Illinois Environmental Protection Agency loans to complete a project to ...

On a 14-4 vote, Jacksonville City Council overrode Mayor Donna Deegan's first veto but it might not be the final word on legislation giving a 29% payment increase to Meridian Waste for collecting ...