Patch Flash: Quinn Signs DREAM Act; It’s National Night Out

. The Dream Act stands for Development, Relief and Education for Alien Minors and aims to use private funds in Illinois to help children of undocumented immigrants continue on to college. Opponents contend that the law will take away taxpayers' money intended for children of documented immigrants.

Communities across the nation are planning National Night Out events. Since first established by the National Association of Town Watch (NATW) in 1981, National Night Out (NNO) has been linking communities across the United States in crime and drug prevention partnership with local law enforcement. Woodridge Patch offers some

Lake Forest-Lake Bluff Patch reports on the Only partially tracked in government statistics, underemployment is common in highly educated populations. The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics tracks one segment of the underemployed: those who are working part time but would rather be working full-time.

tipped over in a large retention pond in unincorporated DuPage County early Tuesday morning.

In River Forest, the village forbids backyard animals, but a resident is on a crusade to change the laws. The resident bought two chickens as pets and egg producers, but the village told her the chickens had to go. are allowed in many Chicagoland communities, including the city.