The CEO of Cracker Barrel is stepping down nearly a year after an attempted rebrand of the chain led to a fierce customer backlash.

The nonprofit People’s Lobby Education Institute will run the program, which launches Monday and is set to last at least one year.

About 1 in 5 eligible voters decided the outcome of costly binding property tax questions in various suburbs in the past couple of years, according to a new study from the Cook County treasurer’s office.

Main Street, west of Crawford, will get hardscaping, art elements, landscaping, crosswalks, to nurture neighborhood vitality.

New restaurants, luxury apartments and street-level retailers have replaced anchor stores and parking lots in recent years as a sweeping transformation of the Hawthorn mall property in Vernon Hills continues.

The Hinsdale Mahjong Society, started earlier this year, has grown into a community and opened a place to play the tile game in Westmont.

New student loan rules have just gone into effect — an ever-changing and complicated array of repayment options have been replaced by a new set of repayment rules and limits on future loans. For families now considering how they will pay for college expenses this fall, it’s important to understand the changes.

Gov. Mike Braun recently recognized five Hoosiers at the Governor’s Reception at the Indiana Black Expo Summer Celebration.