Statewide Update—Dec. 21, 2010

• Daily Herald—Buffalo Grove delays vote on destroying e-mails: “…The proposed ordinance restricts access to public information currently accessible under the Freedom of Information Act.”

• Naperville Sun—District 203 board approves tax levy: “Zager said the $3.5 million increase in property taxes will not be borne by current taxpayers, but is a redirection of the taxes already paid in that area. What used to go to the TIF district will now come to the school district.”

• Southtown Star—Chicago Heights seeks tax levy of $18.2 million: “The city council Monday night unanimously approved raising the city’s tax levy by 8.7 percent to $18.2 million.”

• Rockford Register Star—Two Rockford municipal unions OK new labor deals: “The one-year contract allows the departments to maintain services and current work force levels.”

• Daily Herald—Aurora to vote on budget Tuesday: “Aldermen on the city council’s finance committee have reviewed the budget at four public meetings since receiving the more than 1,000-page document the week of Nov. 29.”