Governor JB Pritzker Monday, June 6, joined legislators, students, and teachers at the Morton Arboretum in Lisle to designate Dolostone as the official rock of the State of Illinois. House Bill 4261 began as an initiative by a group of elementary school students from Pleasantdale Middle School in Burr Ridge
By John W. Whitehead & Nisha Whitehead United States, meet your new dictator-in-chief. As The New York Times reports, “Newly disclosed documents have shed a crack of light on secret Executive Branch plans for apocalyptic scenarios, like the aftermath of a nuclear attack, when the president may activate wartime powers
By Peter Hancock Governor JB Pritzker signed legislation Tuesday, May 31 that will pump an additional $700 million annually into Medicaid-funded nursing homes, provided they use that money to increase staff members and wages in their facilities. “This is truly a game changer,” Pritzker said at a bill signing ceremony
By Jerry Nowicki A $400 million investment in broadband internet infrastructure approved by Illinois lawmakers in 2019 could pay for itself by added tax revenues alone within four years of completion of construction, according to a new study. That’s according to a report by the University of Illinois Project for
Brian Pollock of Kane County Clerk’s office gives mail-in-ballot information to the Kiwanis Club members Tuesday, May 31 in Aurora.
By John W. Whitehead & Nisha Whitehead We are caught in a vicious cycle. With alarming regularity, the Nation is being subjected to a heartbreaking spate of violence that terrorizes the populace, fractures communities, and gives the government greater justifications to crack down, lock down, and institute even more authoritarian
By Peter Hancock The Census Bureau released new survey data last weeksuggesting the population of Illinois may have been undercounted by nearly 2% in the 2020 headcount. That was one of the findings of the Census Bureau’s Post-Enumeration Survey, or PES, something the bureau does after each decennial census to
The League of Women Voters Aurora Area will be host to two virtual candidate forums Wednesday, June 1 for candidates running in the Democratic Primary for the Illinois House of Representatives District 83 and the Democratic Party Primary for Judge of the Circuit Court 16th Judicial Circuit (Kane County). The
By Jason Crane The Aurora City Council welcomed a delegation from the cities of Bergamo and Rimini, Italy, at the Aurora City Council meeting Tuesday, May 24. The five government officials of both Italian cities made the 4,500-mile trip as part of their participation in the European Union’s International Urban
April 25, 2022Dear editor; Vote yes on the June 28 Referendum to provide funding for OFPD (Oswego Fire Protection District) to keep up with our growing safety needs. In 2002, the only thing in town on Route 34 was farmland and the Home Depot and the population was approximately 15,000.
By John W. Whitehead & Nisha Whitehead “Whoever would overthrow the liberty of a nation must begin by subduing the freedom of speech.” —Benjamin Franklin Beware of those who want to monitor, muzzle, catalogue, and censor, speech. Especially be on your guard when the reasons given for limiting your freedoms
By Peter Hancock The cost of renovating the north wing of the Illinois Statehouse will be more expensive than officials initially estimated. Only one bid came in for the project, which is about to get underway. CORE Construction Services of Illinois Inc. priced the job at $243.5 million, well over
By Jason Crane The Aurora City Council listened to an update on the rollout of the new fireworks provisions and enforcement options at the Aurora city government Committee of the Whole (COW) meeting Tuesday, May 17. Assistant chief of staff for the city government of Aurora, Alex Voigt, said, “In
May 14, 2022Dear editor; Sadly, now that warm weather is finally arriving, we will hear the weekend death count from local shootings in Chicago and the surrounding area precipitously grow. Predictably, on the first warm, three-day weekend, the body count will double. We are seeing more violence and robberies taking
Kane County early voting for the general primary election start is Thursday, May 19. An announcement from John A. “Jack” Cunnigham, Kane County Clerk, said voters may begin voting early at the clerk’s office, 719 S. Batavia Avenue, Building B in Geneva and at the Aurora satellite office, 5 E.
By John W. Whitehead & Nisha Whitehead You’ve been flagged as a threat. Before long, every household in the United States will be similarly flagged and assigned a threat score. Without ever knowingly committed a crime, or been convicted of one, you and your fellow citizens likely have been assessed
A coalition of northern Illinois chapters of the League of Women Voters will be host to a Candidate Forum at 7 p.m. Tuesday, May 17 focused on Illinois Supreme Court and Illinois Appellate Court judge seats in the 2nd District. The 2nd Judicial District is comprised of DeKalb, Kane, Kendall,
By Jason Crane The owners of 10 Aurora properties received the 2022 Mayor’s Awards for Excellence in Historic Restoration at the Aurora City Council meeting Tuesday, May 10. May is National Historic Preservation Month. The 10 properties are: 106 Le Grande Boulevard; 112 S. Fourth Street; 324 West Park Avenue;
May 3, 2022Dear editor; My mailbox is being flooded with colorful propaganda disguised as campaign advertisement. Lies! It is propaganda from a candidate who has not shown his face to my County’s GOP? The mailers continue to have the same message on a different day Richard Irvin wants you to
By John W. Whitehead & Nisha Whitehead “Abortion on demand is the ultimate State tyranny.”—Ron Paul The government wants to play god. It wants the power to decide who lives or dies and whose rights are worthy of protection. Delve beneath the rhetoric and spin that have turned abortion into
