By Jerry Nowicki The State’s moratorium on enforcement of residential evictions will expire October 3, according to governor JB Pritzker’s latest COVID-19 executive order issued Friday. Pritzker had extended the order each month with minor to substantial revisions since March 2020. The extensions have come in 30-day windows, coinciding with
By Jerry Nowicki Governor JB Pritzker was joined by environmental and social justice activists, union representatives, and lawmakers from both parties Wednesday, Sept. 15 when he signed into law a sweeping energy regulation overhaul that aims to greatly reduce carbon emissions from the energy sector by 2045, while diversifying the
The Forest Preserve District of Kane County invites the public to join community leaders, staff members, and volunteers to celebrate the grand reopening of Oakhurst Forest Preserve at 11:30 a.m. Sunday, Sept. 26, at the preserve, 1680 Fifth Avenue in Aurora. The ceremony will honor late Officer Harold H. Carter,
Congressman Bill Foster (D-IL) announced Tuesday, Sept. 21 that Two Rivers Head Start Agency in Aurora has been awarded a grant from the U.S. Department of Education for $3,203,837. Two Rivers provides educational and community services for Kane and DeKalb Counties. The grant is to support their Head Start programming,
By John W. Whitehead & Nisha Whitehead The Constitution of the United States represents the classic solution to one of humankind’s greatest political problems: That is, how does a small group of states combine into a strong union without the states losing their individual powers and surrendering their control over
Residents of the 50th District, which includes portions of Aurora, Batavia, Geneva, Campton Hills, Elburn, Montgomery, Oswego, Plano, St. Charles, Sugar Grove. and Yorkville; and 70th District which includes portions of western Kane County including Big Rock, Kaneville, Lily Lake, Virgil, Campton Hills and Burlington are invited to a free,
The City of Aurora will be host to a Public Information Meeting & Open House to seek public input on the preliminary engineering study for future pedestrian and bicycle crossing improvements across Farnsworth Avenue at Marshall Boulevard and the Illinois Prairie Path. The meeting will be held from 5 p.m.
Naperville representatives of the Police and Fire Departments place a wreath Saturday, Sept. 11 in ceremony at the Commander Dan Shanower Memorial.
By Jason Crane At the Aurora city government City Council meeting Tuesday, mayor of Aurora, Richard C. Irvin presented a proclamation of Hispanic Heritage Month 2021 in Aurora September 15 through October 15. There are many activities planned in Aurora to celebrate the Latinx community. Click here for article. •
By Bela “Bill” SuhaydaSugar Grove, Ill. Notably: “97.5% of scientists agree with whoever is funding them,’’ wrote Susan Capitano-Hooker. And so it goes in the marriage between science and government these days. Politicians on the left don’t miss opportunities, blaming human generated CO2 for every weather related catastrophe. We’re supposed
By Peter Hancock The Illinois House Thursday, Sept. 9 voted to accept changes to an ethics bill that governor JB Pritzker had requested, paving the way for it to become law once the governor signs it Thursday’s vote came a little more than a week after an earlier attempt fell
By Jerry Nowicki The Illinois Senate put the final legislative stamp on an energy regulation overhaul bill Monday to send it to governor JB Pritzker, who said he will sign it. It’s the culmination of years of negotiation, and it marks a policy win on one of Pritzker’s biggest outstanding
Governor JB Pritzker leads a discussion on passing legislation to protect access to reproductive health care Tuesday, Sept. 14 at Planned Parenthood in Aurora.
By John W. Whitehead & Nisha Whitehead “I tell you, freedom and human rights in America are doomed. The U.S. government will lead the American people in, and the West in general, into an unbearable hell and a choking life.”, Osama bin Laden (October 2001), as reported by CNN What
By Jerry Nowicki The House sponsor of a long-debated ethics bill that failed in the House recently said she will bring it up for another vote if lawmakers come back to the Capitol within a 15-day constitutional window in which such an action would be allowed. The House leadership decided
By Jason Crane At the Aurora city government Committee of the Whole (COW) meeting Tuesday, Council members placed several agenda items on unfinished business to be discussed at the September 14 full City Council meeting. Mayor Richard Irvin wasn’t at the meeting and Fifth Ward alderman Carl Franco was mayor-pro
By Jerry Nowicki The Illinois House was scheduled to return to Springfield Thursday, Sept. 9 to try again at passing an elusive energy regulation overhaul, days after the governor’s office announced support for a new proposal. It’s the latest push for a legislative accomplishment that has eluded governor JB Pritzker
Population Census 2020 Cook County • Barrington*2020 = 10,7222010 = 10,327 DuPage County2020 = 932,8772010 = 916,924 • Addison2020 = 35,7022010 = 36,942 • Bensenville2020 = 18,8132010 = 18,352 • Roselle2020 = 22,8972010 = 22,763 • Warrenville2020 = 13,5532010 = 13,140 • Wood Dale2020 = 14,0122010 = 13,770 • Woodridge2020
Twenty years after six Aurora firefighters left home to assist in New York City following the September 11 attacks, five more Aurora firefighters answered Tuesday morning this week another national call to assist. Personifying the motto, “Forever Ready to Serve,” Aurora Fire Department leaders, left to right in the adjacent
