Tuesday, Jan. 17, 16 DuPage-area State legislators who represent the vast majority of the County in the General Assembly released an open letter to the public in response concerns raised by residents following the DuPage County Sheriff’s pronouncement that he would not enforce the Protect Illinois Communities Act, which was
By Jason Crane The Aurora City Council listened to details for a proposed $1.2 million grant for the IT Department for the installation of 32 cameras and 21 license-plate reader systems at the Tuesday, Jan. 17 Committee of the Whole (COW) meeting. The cameras and license-plate reader systems would be
By Nika Schoonover In spite of Illinois efforts to smoothly integrate electric vehicles into State economy, a new report from the Illinois Economic Policy Institute (EPI) is warning of a potential steep decline in transportation revenue in the process of electrification accelerates. The primary issue is motor fuel taxes, which
By John & Nisha Whitehead How do you trust a government that continuously sidesteps the U.S. Constitution and undermines our rights? You can’t. When you consider all the ways “we the people” are being bullied, beaten, bamboozled, targeted, tracked, repressed, robbed, impoverished, imprisoned and killed by the government, one only
By Peter Hancock On the first full day of his second term, governor JB Pritzker Tuesday, Jan. 10 signed a bill banning the sale, distribution, and manufacture, of high-power assault weapons, .50 caliber rifles and ammunition, and large-capacity magazines, while still allowing those who already own such weapons to keep
By Peter Hancock Illinois House Republican Leader Jim Durkin will left the Illinois Statehouse Tuesday, Jan. 10 for the last time as a State legislator. After a bruising 2022 election cycle in which House Republicans lost five seats, Durkin did not seek another term as leader of the caucus. But
By Jason Crane The Aurora City Council unanimously approved plans for the creation of a new City department at the Aurora City Council meeting, Tuesday, Jan. 10. City of Aurora government officials explained plans for the creation of the new department, Public Facilities. The department will be comprised of existing
January 9, 2023Dear editor; What is the definition of democracy? Newly- elected House Democratic Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries said it best: “House Democrats will always put American values over autocracy, Benevolence over bigotry, the Constitution over the cult, Democracy over demagogues, Economic opportunity over extremism, Freedom over fascism, Governing over
Governor JB Pritzker and wife, MK, take their first dance of his second term Monday, Jan. 9 night during an inaugural ball at the Exposition Building on the Illinois State Fairgrounds.
By John & Nisha Whitehead For those wondering what to expect from the government this year, it looks as though we’re going to be in for more of the same in the government’s brand of madness, mayhem, corruption, and brutality. Digital prisons. Unceasingly, the government and its corporate partners are
By Jason Crane Mayor of Aurora, Richard Irvin and members of the Aurora City Council honored president of Waubonsee Community College, Dr. Christine Sobek at the Aurora City Council Committee of the Whole (COW) meeting, Tuesday, Jan. 3. Mayor Irvin gave Dr. Sobek a key to the City and proclaimed
By Jerry Nowicki A Kankakee County judge ruled Wednesday, Dec. 28, that lawmakers overreached their constitutional authority in passing a measure to abolish cash bail in Illinois, while other provisions in the wide-ranging SAFE-T Act criminal justice reform were not affected by the ruling. The ruling by Judge Thomas W.
December 28, 2022Dear editor; I appreciate the John and Nisha Whiteheads’ effort to warn of the “undermining” of the U.S. Constitution by Congress, the White House, and the courts. However, the Whiteheads’ commentary lacks real substance behind exaggerated, inflammatory, and at times, dubious rhetoric. They state: “We are in the
Reprinted from The Voice, May 9, 2019 Cecile Richards, a recent guest on the MSNBC Morning Joe television program, announced that she and co-sponsor Alicia Garza have formed a new organization entitled: “Supermajority.” The following article was written by Chantal da Silva for Newsweek. “Three prominent activists have launched an
By Bill “Bela” Suhayda In response to Vince Smith’s letter in The Voice December 22, 2022, Focus: True science, research. As director of NIAID, Dr. Anthony Fauci dispenses $6.1 Billion in annual taxpayer funding for scientific research, allowing him to control the subject, content, and outcome of scientific exploration across
By John & Nisha Whitehead The danger signs were everywhere in 2022. With every new law enacted by federal and state legislatures, every new ruling handed down by government courts, and every new military weapon, invasive tactic and egregious protocol employed by government agents, we were reminded that in the
Elimination of cash bail one of many changes taking effect Jan. 1 By Peter Hancock By now, almost everyone in Illinois has heard that Jan. 1 will mark the beginning of a significant change in the state’s criminal justice system – the elimination of cash bail. It’s an issue that
December 23, 2022Dear editor; For most of us, the holidays represent time away from the office and a chance to catch up with family and friends. But throughout Kane County, there are thousands of individuals who work tirelessly during this special season. During the pandemic, we called them essential workers.
By John & Nisha Whitehead The Christmas story of a baby born in a manger is a familiar one. The Roman Empire, a police state in its own right, had ordered that a census be conducted. Joseph and his pregnant wife, Mary, took a journey to the little town of
By Peter Hancock Some of the State’s leading law enforcement officials Tuesday, Dec. 20 urged lawmakers to pass a statewide ban on high-power, high-capacity, weapons, which they say are growing in prevalence in Illinois. “What the public asks members of the law enforcement community to do each and every day
