By Jason Crane At the Aurora city government Committee of the Whole meeting Tuesday, through the Zoom video conference platform, the City Council listened to several speakers for and against the proposed ordinance amending Chapters 2 and 9 of the city of Aurora Code of Ordinances pertaining to the sale
The Illinois House of Representatives voted last week to pass legislation co-sponsored by assistant minority leader, representative Keith Wheeler, R-Oswego, to impose a 10-year term limit on legislative leaders. The legislation is House Bill 642 and applies to the positions of speaker of the House, president of the Senate, and
From left, State House speaker Emanuel ‘Chris’ Welch, representative. Keith Wheeler and his wife, Lisa, and House minority leader Jim Durkin at Friday’s representative Wheeler’s open House in North Aurora.
The stars are aligned for Illinois to become a hotspot in the revival of manufacturing across our great American heartland. For example, I propose a really big, transformative, federal-state-private-sector partnership that would create a cutting-edge, computer chip manufacturing and research facility on Arsenal Island, which straddles the Illinois-Iowa Quad Cities.
By John W. Whitehead & Nisha Whitehead “If you don’t want to get shot, tased, pepper-sprayed, struck with a baton, or thrown to the ground, just do what I tell you. Don’t argue with me, don’t call me names, don’t tell me that I can’t stop you, don’t say I’m
Illinois governor JB Pritzker, guest speaker at VNA Healthcare in Aurora Monday, announces, the Pandemic Health Navigator Program.
By Tim Kirsininkas and Raymon Troncoso Governor JB Pritzker declared health care “a right, not a privilege” Tuesday when he signed a massive reform bill backed by the Illinois Legislative Black Caucus, the last of four policy pillars introduced as part of an anti-racism agenda last year. The “Illinois Health
By Tim Kirsininkas The U.S. Census Bureau announced Monday that Illinois will lose a seat in Congress based on the results of the 2020 Census. Illinois will move from 18 to 17 seats in the U.S. House, an expected result after some advocates had warned that an undercount could lead
By Jason Crane At the Aurora city government City Council meeting Tuesday, through the Zoom video conference platform, the majority of the City Council voted eight to five against a gas station at the northwest corner of Farnsworth Avenue and Molitor Road. The motion needed a super majority of nine
The Naperville Millennium Carillon in Moser Tower and the Visitor Center, 443 Aurora Avenue, are closed for the season this year due to the planned rehabilitation of Moser Tower. The Naperville city government is set to begin work on Moser Tower in June and anticipates that the work will continue
Kane County completed its new multi-use facility, on the Kane County Judicial Campus at 37 W. 777 IL Route 38, corner of Peck Road and Route 38, St. Charles. Kane County is committed to providing innovative and high-quality government services to its citizens. Sheriff Ron Hain said, “Kane County’s new
It’s been more than a year since armed white, plain-clothed, Louisville police officers ripped Breonna Taylor’s apartment door from its hinges and began firing. The botched no-knock warrant is reminiscent of the 1969 predawn police raid that killed Chicago Black Panther chairman, Fred Hampton, and defense minister, Mark Clark. Odds
By John W. Whitehead & Nisha Whitehead “If you don’t want to get shot, tased, pepper-sprayed, struck with a baton, or thrown to the ground, just do what I tell you. Don’t argue with me, don’t call me names, don’t tell me that I can’t stop you, don’t say I’m
Kane County is announcing the completion of its new Multi-Use Facility, on the Kane County Judicial Campus at 37 W 777 IL Route 38 (corner of Peck Road and Route 38), St. Charles. Kane County is committed to providing innovative and high-quality government services to its citizens. Sheriff Ron Hain
April 19, 2021Dear editor; Aurora City Council members will be asked April 27 to vote on a new, 14-pump Circle K gas station to be built on the northwest corner of Farnsworth and Molitor Roads. We know it will be a difficult decision to weigh economic development against the health
By Jason Crane At the Aurora city government Committee of the Whole meeting Tuesday, through the Zoom video conference platform, the City Council considered a second extension to have additional time to meet compliance for a proposed cannabis dispensing facility at 35 N. Broadway. • The ordinance amendment was placed
Last of two parts Paul J. Angelo, expert on Council of Foreign Relations (CFR) reports: Why Central American Migrants Are Arriving at the U.S. Border: “What are U.S. president Joe Biden’s policies toward the region? “President Biden’s approach largely relies on reviving policies that were starting to show success late
Now in its 13th year, the Naperville Park District’s Green Team recently completed its 2020 Sustainability Report, which is available online at www.napervilleparks.org/greeninitiatives. The report summarizes the District’s environmental initiatives in the following five areas: • Purchasing environmentally responsible products; • Protecting natural resources; • Conserving energy; • Reducing and
Friends ask: “Why hasn’t Mike Madigan been indicted yet? After all, he has been under investigation for what must be a couple of years now.” My answer: It’s because the federal prosecutor is not confident he can prove that the former Illinois House speaker personally did anything illegal. I define
By Raymon Troncoso Illinois will provide Medicaid benefits to eligible mothers for up to 12 months postpartum, a major extension from the previous 60-day limit. Governor JB Pritzker made the announcement Tuesday after a waiver submitted in 2019 by the State to the Federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
