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
The Batavia Chamber of Commerce was delighted to celebrate the opening of Batavia Chamber member Toys ‘n Hobbies 4 All with a Ribbon Cutting ceremony Thursday, Sept. 2.
By John W. Whitehead & Nisha Whitehead It’s time to bring all our troops home. Bring them home from Somalia, Iraq and Syria. Bring them home from Germany, South Korea, and Japan. Bring them home from Saudi Arabia, Jordan, and Oman. Bring them home from Niger, Chad, and Mali. Bring
By Jerry Nowicki The statewide mask mandate indoors is back, and educators and health care professionals will be required to receive the COVID-19 vaccine, governor JB Pritzker announced last week amid an ongoing surge in the pandemic that first arrived in Illinois in March 2020. Beginning Monday this week, indviduals
August 29, 2021Dear editor; Our national (and global) climate crisis is becoming more visible now. Some Republican leaders in Congress are shifting their posture amid deadly heat waves, devastating drought and ferocious wildfires that have bludgeoned their districts. Even senator Rick Scott (R) of Florida said he wants to address
By Jerry Nowicki As federal unemployment benefits created in response to the COVID-19 pandemic are set to expire next week, Illinois continues to see high unemployment rates, although things have improved from one year ago. Select Illinois Department of Employment Security offices, meanwhile, have opened for appointment-only in-person services for
