Pekin

Pekin city staff asked for a 4.9% increase in the city's property tax levy for the next fiscal year. City Council members reduced it to 4%.

Pekin's annexation of the majority of the 1,000-acre Lutticken property from Groveland Township left township officials with more questions than answers.

The results of a salary study for Pekin's non-union city employees showed some are underpaid.

What will be Pekin's property tax levy for the 2026-27 fiscal year? Stay tuned.

The developer of vacant land off Court Street in Pekin will receive sales tax rebates from Pekin to help pay for development costs.

The ideal of bipartisanship has dwindled in Congress and in Washington over several decades. The Dirksen Congressional Center in Pekin is holding an event to highlight the importance of that quality in helping government work well.

A $10,000 forgivable TIF loan from Pekin that will help pay for the construction of a new Carol House of Hope domestic violence emergency shelter has been reinstated.

A group of about 50 residents attended a question-and-answer session Wednesday organized by Pekin City Council members Jake Fletcher and Dave Nutter.

Should the City of Pekin replace its four “Welcome to Pekin” signs with new ones, and add a welcome sign at the eastern edge of Broadway Road at a cost of about $30,000 per sign?

The City of Pekin took steps Monday to restrict public access to the Lutticken property it purchased for $14 million earlier this year, while it markets the land to prospective developers.