Will County News

  For results in the November 5, 2024 election between Jennifer Bertino-Tarrant and Chuck Maher for Will County Executive, go to the Will County Clerk's election results page here . Election night results are unofficial and do not include all mailed and provisional ballots.

Senators Jennifer Bertino-Tarrant and Pat McGuire, and Representatives John Connor, Natalie Manley, and Larry Walsh Jr. sent the following letter regarding the ongoing nurses' strike at AMITA St. Joseph's Medical Center on July 17, 2020: Letter sent by Senators McGuire and Bertino-Tarrant, and Representatives Manley, Connor, and Walsh urging leaders of AMITA Healh, St. Joseph Medical Center, St. Joseph's Nurses Association, and the Illinois Nurses Association to reach a settlement. The letter is addressed to leaders from both the St. Joesph's Nurses Union and Amita Health, which owns St. Joseph Medical Center. The letter reads: "The stalemate between Amita Health and the St. Joseph's Nurses Association becomes more damaging every day.   Sporadic communication between the two parties is not working.   We call on AMITA and SJNA to bring the full bargaining teams to the table immediately for sustained negotiations in good faith to r...

For results in the March 17, 2020 Democratic Primary Election for Will County Executive between Jennifer Bertino-Tarrant and Nick Palmer, go to the Will County Clerk's Page here . Please keep in mind that posted election night results are unofficial and may not include all write-in, mailed, and provisional ballots.  

State Senators Pat McGuire and Jennifer Bertino-Tarrant voted against a bill allowing the construction of five new casinos in Illinois.  The bill-- State Bill 1739 --was passed by the Illinois State Senate on May 1, 2013. Senator Jennifer Bertino-Tarrant issued the following statement following her vote against the gaming expansion bill: “While I understand the revenue that gaming expansion can provide our state, especially in terms of education and social services, I am worried about the impact that this expansion will have on my community.” Bertino-Tarrant fears the economic and local impact that increased gaming will have on residents of Will and Kendall counties. State Senator Pat McGuire (D-Joliet) issued the following statement after he voted against gaming expansion yesterday:  "We fought hard to keep the vote below the 34 needed to override a veto by the governor, and we did. I appreciate so many colleagues understanding that the market for casino ...