By Jason Crane At the Aurora city government Committee of the Whole meeting Tuesday, through the Zoom video conferencing platform, discussions included a request to spend $1.58 Million to purchase 349 Getac portable computers and associated accessories for use by Aurora public safety departments. Ward 10 alderman Judd Lofchie said
By Jason Crane The North Aurora Village Board discussed an incentive request from the owners of the Gerald Ford dealership near I-88 and Orchard Road at the Committee of the Whole meeting Monday. The discussion was a continuation from the July 20 COW meeting. The Board agreed to place the
By Peter Hancock Illinois reported its highest single-day number of new COVID-19 infections in more than two months Friday when the State continued to experience a resurgence of the novel coronavirus disease. The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) Friday reported 2,264 new confirmed infections over the previous 24 hours,
Two of Aurora’s four counties are now on the State’s COVID-19 Watch List for increasing COVID-19 metrics. Both Kane and Will Counties were added to the list this weekend. The Illinois Department of Public Health Watch List designation occurs when two of the eight metrics identified by the State reach
Aurora Downtown, a nonprofit of downtown business and property owners, announced its annual board election process has started for 2020. Nomination forms are due by August 24. The downtown organization oversees Special Service Area (SSA) #One with a 22-member board. Currently, five at-large seats are up for reelection. At-large board
CBS 2 Chicago reported, Thursday, Aug. 13, on a football event that occurred at the Naperville Park District’s Commissioners Park August 8-9. They questioned why the Park District allowed a large gathering to occur during the event in light of COVID-19 restrictions. It is important to note that the event
Naperville Park District and the City of Naperville will work in two phases to perform preventive maintenance of approximately 600 lineal feet of the DuPage Riverway Trail, located east of the intersection of Washington Street and Redstart Road. The Park District work will begin the week of August 17 and
By Jason Crane Mayor of Aurora, Richard C. Irvin, shared a 60-day update on his C.H.A.N.G.E. Reform Initiative at the Aurora city government City Council meeting Tuesday, through the Zoom video conferencing platform. CHANGE is an acronym for: Community Helping Aurora’s Necessary Growth and Empowerment. Launched June 9, the initiative
By Peter Hancock A legislative panel that oversees the State’s administrative rulemaking process voted along partisan lines to allow governor JB Pritzker’s emergency rule to enforce mask-wearing and other public health orders to move forward. That decision came from the General Assembly’s Joint Committee on Administrative Rules, or JCAR, a
Petitions for candidacy for the 2021 Naperville municipal election will be available in the City Clerk’s office at the Naperville Municipal Center, 400 S. Eagle Street, Monday, Aug. 17. Petitions may be circulated for signatures Tuesday, Aug. 25. Up for election in 2021 are the four-year terms of four City
Congressman Bill Foster (D-IL) issued the following statement Monday, Aug. 10 in response to widespread delivery delays at the United States Postal Service (USPS): “The growing delays affecting USPS customers are unacceptable and a direct result of deliberate actions by the Donald Trump administration designed to weaken USPS. These delays
By Rebecca Anzel A group of Commonwealth Edison ratepayers asked a federal judge Monday to force the utility company, House speaker Michael Madigan, and others to pay “at least” $450 Million to be split among all those affected by an alleged extortion scandal. The number of affected ratepayers could rise
By John W. Whitehead While America continues to fixate on the drama-filled reality show scripted by the powers-that-be, directed from the Nation’s Capital, and played out in high definition across the country, the American Police State has moved steadily forward. Nothing has changed. The COVID-19 pandemic has been a convenient,
As a growing number of states grapple with a rise in coronavirus cases, 69% of Americans say their greater concern is that state governments have been lifting restrictions on public activity too quickly; just 30% say their bigger concern is that states have been too slow to lift the restrictions.
By Peter Hancock Financial aid is about to start flowing for Illinois businesses that have been affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. The Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity published emergency rules this week to implement the Business Interruption Grant program, or BIG. Those rules took effect July 21 when they
The recent admission by behemoth electric utility Commonwealth Edison that it repeatedly bribed minions of Illinois House speaker Mike Madigan for years (of course, Madigan knew nothing about all this; sure, right) was breath-taking for its brazenness. The bribery is a classic example of otherwise upright citizens fueling the culture
By Jason Crane Several comments were made at the Aurora city government Committee of the Whole meeting Tuesday, through the Zoom video conferencing platform. Penelope Torres, Aurora resident and operations director for Aurora Pride, expressed concern about two points of inequality in Aurora. First, the mural project of Aurora Public
With a market value of $350,000, an order of a half-million face masks is a significant investment. When those masks are donated to a community for free, it’s more than just about the money. It’s about a mission to help stop the spread of COVID-19. The Chicago-based Dr. Willie Wilson
The Aurora Navy League will hold a Zoom Meeting at 3 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 11 with Kendall County State’s attorney Eric Weis who will discuss the issues with COVID-19 lockdown. The meeting is at bit.ly/33nFHoy, meeting ID is 630 816 7612 and the password is 175209. The COVID-19 pandemic struck
By Rick Lawrence Mayor Richard Irvin; The decision of Aurora’s school District’s announcement of 100% online school is a huge issue for Aurora. Given the diverse population of our districts, economically, language challenges, family situations, the ability for more than half of the students in West Aurora and East Aurora
