Category: Policy

Donna Crane
Environment Government Health Policy Science

China reassigns 60,000 soldiers to plant trees

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Loraine Cho of EcoWatch reports: “Earlier this year, the Chinese government announced plans for a major reforestation project: Growing 6.66 Million hectares of new forests this year, an area roughly the size of Ireland. “To achieve this goal, China reassigned more than 60,000 soldiers to plant the trees. According to...

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Donna Crane
Feature Policy

Purchasing power of America will yield hemp jeans

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Last of two parts Marc Gunther continues his article in The Guardian regarding the beneficial uses of hemp. “Hemp can build cars, homes, food, textiles and more,” Rob Jungmann said. “[It’s] as American as apple pie.” The Jungmann shirts are made from hemp, he said. “The Agricultural Act of 2014,...

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Charles Coddintgon
Business Commentary Feature Government Money Policy Political Uncategorized

Discussion of economic stirrings in U.S. evolves to agenda

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The United States of America used to be the home of the brave and the land of the free. Not anymore. Now, it is the home of the rich and fatuous and the land of unfettered greed. With the Donald Trump administration in place, capitalism once again has run rampant....

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Bill Hannah, finance director for the Village of North Aurora, presents information about North Aurora’s electric aggregation program at the North Aurora Village Board meeting Monday.
Community Government Infrastructure Policy

Village of North Aurora votes to continue with Dynegy over ComEd

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Bill Hannah, finance director for the Village of North Aurora, presents information about North Aurora’s electric aggregation program at the North Aurora Village Board meeting Monday. The program, in place since approved by voters in a 2011 referendum, is set to expire in September. Dynegy is an independent seller of...

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Community Government Infrastructure Policy Tech

Aurora COW focus: Small wireless facilities

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By Jason Crane –  A focus at the Aurora city government Committee of the Whole (COW) was to work on amending the City of Aurora Code of Ordinances, relative to the permitting, regulation, and development of small wireless facilities. The ordinance is in response to the Small Wireless Facilities Deployment...

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John Whitehead
Commentary Government Policy

Beware cabal of international government, corporations

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The U.S. government is operating under a New World Order government, a power elite conspiring to rule the world, and it is being brought to you by the Global-Industrial Deep State, a powerful cabal made up of international government agencies and corporations. Wait. Just hear me out. This statement is...

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Donna Crane
Feature Health History Policy

Industrial hemp proponents seek congressional help

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First of two parts Hemp has a variety of reactions from a variety of individuals, and, there is a lack of information and understanding. The Hemp Industrial Association wrote the following article of its history: “Hemp is among the oldest industries on the planet, going back more than 10,000 years...

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Government Policy

Hultgren, McGovern, extol virtues of Human Rights Council

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Congressmen Jim McGovern (D-Mass.) and Randy Hultgren (R-Ill.), co-chairs of the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission, regret the recent decision by the Donald Trump administration to withdraw from the United Nations Human Rights Council. The co-chairs recognize that the Council has been inconsistent in its promotion of human rights on...

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Community Government Policy

Consideration of Montgomery Monthly Water Bills

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Denny Lee, Montgomery Village trustee, expresses concern at the Montgomery Village Board meeting Monday about the extra expense if the Village agrees to send water bills each month. The Village Board is considering making the water bills monthly instead of every two months. There would be a few thousand dollar...

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John Whitehead
Commentary Government History Policy

U.S. Supreme Court rulings in 2017-2018 a mixed bag

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“The Constitution is not neutral. It was designed to take the government off the backs of the people.” —Justice William O. Douglas Given the turbulence of our age, with its police overreach, military training drills on American soil, domestic surveillance, SWAT team raids, asset forfeiture, wrongful convictions, profit-driven prisons, and...

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Events Policy

Interfaith vigil Saturday in Aurora for families separated at the border

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Participants in an interfaith vigil Saturday in Aurora for families separated at the border show solidarity light with their phones on Water Street Mall. Approximately 300 concerned citizens attended on a warm evening. Speakers and a moment of silence for the families suffering marked the evening. Rabbi Friedman, Reverend Bell,...

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Amy Roth
Business Community Government Health Policy

Aurora COW passes AED purchase, warehouse, to Council

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The purchase of automated external defibrillator (AED) for the Aurora Police Department and the Fire Department, the acceptance of plans for a 275,000-square-foot speculative office-warehouse building at Mitchell Road and I-88, and a liquor license approval for Jefa Tacos on Butterfield Road, all were forwarded to the Aurora City Council’s...

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Community Government Police Policy

Holiday spirit: Naperville, other communities, in traffic campaign

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The Naperville Police Department will conduct a traffic enforcement campaign focused on impaired and unbuckled drivers through July 8 to encompass the Independence Day holiday, an all-too-often deadly time on Illinois roads. “We encourage residents to celebrate Independence Day safely,” said Naperville Police Sgt. Derek Zook. “If you’re going to...

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John Whitehead
Commentary Policy

Number Six lacks freedom; can we break free?

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“We’re run by the Pentagon, we’re run by Madison Avenue, we’re run by television, and as long as we accept those things and don’t revolt we’ll have to go along with the stream to the eventual avalanche…. As long as we go out and buy stuff, we’re at their mercy…....

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Amy Roth
Business Government Infrastructure Jobs Policy

Parking garage, restaurant, bids, for Aurora

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Aurora City Council members will vote Tuesday on a West Aurora Plaza update, a proposal for a parking garage at Aurora University, and an ordinance that would give preference for City contracts to Aurora area bidders. All items will be on the consent agenda. Jerry Callahan, an attorney representing West...

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Commentary Community Policy

Parkland students showing political strength since shooting

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Last of two parts J.J. McCorvey of Fast Company magazine continues his updates of the fatal shooting at Majory Stoneman Douglas (MSD) High School in Parkland, Fla.. “The movement’s strength resides in the roughly four million Americans who will turn 18 this year and be able to influence the midterm...

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Community Government Military Policy Veterans

Request: Emotional-support chickens in Montgomery

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Montgomery resident Luke Villotti spoke at the Montgomery Village Board meeting Monday regarding his emotional-support chickens in the back yard of his home in the 2900 block of Shetland Lane. He said there has been a lot of conjecture, misinformation, and bias about his emotional-support animals. He said he served...

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Community Government Policy

Comment on City of Aurora government housing codes

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Aurora resident Rick Lawrence thanks mayor of Aurora Richard Irvin and city of Aurora employees at the Aurora City Council meeting Tuesday. He said many homes in his neighborhood around Aurora University have been used as rooming houses and run as businesses since 2007. He said the current code allows...

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Commentary Government Policy

No one above the law in the U.S., including the president

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Someone needs to alert Donald Trump: There is no get-out-of-jail-free” card just for being president. According to Trump’s Twitter feed, he believes that he has an absolute right to pardon himself of any crimes for which he might be charged while serving in office. He’s not alone in this imperial...

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