Year: 2023

Sports

NFL Summer training sites

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AFCBaltimore RavensUnder Armour Performance Center, Owings Mills, Md.Buffalo BillsSt. John Fisher University, Rochester, N.Y.Cincinnati BengalsPaycor Stadium, Cincinnati, OhioCleveland BrownsCrossCountry Mortgage Campus Berea, OhioDenver BroncosCentura Health Training Center, Englewood, Colo.Houston TexansHouston Methodist Training Center, Houston, TexasIndianapolis ColtsGrand Park, Westfield, Ind.Jacksonville JaguarsMiller Electric Center, Jacksonville, Fla.Kansas City ChiefsMissouri Western State University, St....

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College sports in changing landscape at the top

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College football in Division I continues its growth. Change, at times, overcomes the game’s growth as the headline fixture. There is growth in Division III schools, which includes defending national champion North Central College, Wheaton College, Benedictine University, and Aurora University, all with consistency, excellence, fun, practicality, however, the Division...

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Illinois state Representative Stephanie Kifowit in the National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL)

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Illinois state Representative Stephanie Kifowit, D-Oswego, will be participating in the National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL) Task Force on Military and Veterans Affairs Sunday, Aug. 13, in Indianapolis, Ind. and the task force, co-chaired by representative Tina Orwall of Washington and Sen. Bryce Reeves of Virginia, is a multi-state...

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Deadlines for veterans

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By Bill Foster, Member of Congress,11th District I am reaching out to remind of important upcoming deadlines for veterans seeking benefits provided by the Honoring Our PACT Act. The PACT Act, a landmark piece of legislation passed by congressional Democrats and signed into law by president Joe Biden last year,...

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Plano Methodist Church members help children

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Nineteen members from the Plano Methodist Church visited the Feed My Starving Children facility in Aurora Friday, July 28. They measured dry foods, bagged the food, weighed the food, sealed bags of food, counted bags, and placed into boxes, supplied the food lines with ingredients, labeled the packages, and cheered...

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Slippery slope: Technofascism, 1984’s Big Brother

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By John & Nisha Whitehead “There is more than one way to burn a book. And the world is full of people running about with lit matches.” —Ray Bradbury What we are witnessing is the modern-day equivalent of book-burning which involves doing away with dangerous ideas—legitimate or not—and those who...

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A Focus on History: August 10 through August 16

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August 10 Missouri becomes the 24th state, the first state entirely west of the Mississippi River. Missouri was admitted within the Missouri Compromise in 1820 which admitted Maine as a northern state. – 1821. Construction on the St. Lawrence Seaway begins. Ultimately 22,000 workers spent five years building the 2,342-mile...

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Federal judge temporarily blocks Illinois law subjecting ‘crisis pregnancy centers’ to civil liability

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Anti-abortion groups claim victory – for now By Hannah MeiselCapitol News Illinoishmeisel@capitolnewsillinois.com A new law allowing Illinoisans to sue so-called crisis pregnancy centers under the State’s Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business Practices Act is on hold after a federal judge late Thursday granted a preliminary injunction against it. After a...

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Representatives of Peoples Gas listen to AARP state director Philippe Largent, who requested public hearings to discuss the utility’s proposed rate increase that is pending before the Illinois Commerce Commission.
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Residents, activists ask state regulators to reject utilities’ rate increases

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Top concerns include affordability, business practices, climate effects By Andrew AdamsCapitol News Illinoisaadams@capitolnewsillinois.com Members of the public railed against potential increases to the price of natural gas and electricity at two recent public hearings before a state regulatory body that has the authority to limit those rate hikes. The Illinois...

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Mutual Ground names new CEO

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Mutual Ground, Inc.’s next chief executive officer, Linda Maranda, joins the organization after serving as vice president of Strategic Partnerships for Haymarket Center in Chicago Aurora-based Mutual Ground announced June 20, 2023, that Linda Maranda has been hired as the organization’s next chief executive officer.  Maranda, who is leaving her...

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State watchdog investigating employees accused of bilking federal pandemic aid program

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Nationwide, about 17% of $1.2 trillion in small business pandemic relief grants were fraudulent By Molly ParkerCapitol News Illinoismparker@capitolnewsillinois.com Dozens of state employees across multiple agencies are under investigation by a state watchdog for claims they fraudulently obtained payments from a federal pandemic-era loan program, Capitol News Illinois has learned. ...

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Good weather, good community time prevails

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Communities offer interaction with members of the communities. Governments are involved as a part of the process. Approval of governmental activities by the public is important to those active in government. Public relations is important. Interaction and communications are a part of the process. The National Night Out Tuesday, Aug....

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Reader’s Voice: Whiteheads’ silence thunderous

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Sunday, July 30Dear editor; This concerns recent commentaries by John and Nisha Whitehead in The Voice. The Whiteheads warn us in the first paragraph of the June 22, 2023, issue of The Voice, that Donald Trump’s indictment accusing him of mishandling and hiding classified documents and obstruction of justice is...

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Aurora City Council considering solar panels at Aurora Airport

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By Jason Crane The Aurora City Council is considering a land lease at the Aurora Municipal Airport and the Northeast corner of Sullivan Road and Route 25 in Aurora for the installation of solar panels for a community solar program. Consent was given at the Committee of the Whole (COW)...

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