Category: Policy

Endless lush gardens available for viewing in the U.S.

The National Trust was chartered by Congress in 1949 “to facilitate public participation in the preservation of sites, buildings, and objects of national significance or interest.” Today you can read about many of the most beautiful American gardens of which some are administered by the Trust. We begin with Shadows-on-the-Teche...

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Earth Day net: Climate Solutions Caucus

Earth Day, April 22, U.S. representatives Randy Hultgren (R-IL-14) and Ed Perlmutter (D-CO-07) together joined the bipartisan Climate Solutions Caucus. Co-chaired by congressman Ted Deutch (D-FL-22) and congressman Carlos Curbelo (R-FL-26), the Caucus has 74 members, split evenly between Democrats and Republicans, representing diverse districts from across the country. “My...

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School-related focus at Aurora City Council

The Aurora City Council honored Marmion Academy’s ice hockey team Tuesday for recently winning the State championship in the White Division. Dan Heckle, director of hockey operations for Marmion, said, “Marmion Academy is a proud resident of Aurora for 85 years and we are proud to bring the first State...

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On living in an age of war profiteers, monsters, loss

Let us not mince words. We are living in an age of war profiteers. We are living in an age of scoundrels, liars, brutes, and thugs. Many of them work for the U.S. government. We are living in an age of monsters. Ask Donald Trump. He knows all about monsters....

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April Distracted Driving Awareness Month

April is National Distracted Driving Awareness Month, and the Naperville Police Department will be a partner with state and local agencies to remind motorists that if they drive with a phone in one hand, they can expect a ticket in the other. Traffic fatalities are on the rise in Illinois...

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New generations must focus on the future: Author

Ben Schiller of FastCompany expresses his opinion regarding the students who have taken to the streets to protest after the Parkland, Fla. school shooting massacre February 14. “If one good thing has come out of the horror of the Parkland massacre, it’s the sight of young Americans standing up to...

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Wolves guarding henhouse: Military forces to the border

The ease with which Americans are prepared to welcome boots on the ground, regional lockdowns, routine invasions of their privacy, and the dismantling of every constitutional right intended to serve as a bulwark against government abuses is beyond unnerving. I am referring at this moment to president Donald Trump’s decision...

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Second Amendment in U.S. Constitution misinterpreted

Let’s discuss the Second Amendment to the Constitution of the United States, shall we? The Second Amendment has been the one part of the social contract between the government and the governed which has been largely misinterpreted. And, if I may be so bold as to say so, much of...

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Montgomery Village Board meeting

Armando Sanders, left, Village of Montgomery deputy police chief displays a souvenir from the Yellow Brick Road at the Montgomery Village Board meeting Monday. Deputy Chief Sanders was graduated from the FBI National Academy, a 10-week program at Quantico, Va. to train and enhance participants to improve their policing skills....

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Imagine a U.S., with one voice, against evils of tyranny

As a Nation, we have a tendency to sentimentalize cultural icons in death in a way that renders them non-threatening, antiseptic, and easily-digested by a society with an acute intolerance for anything controversial, politically incorrect, or marred by imperfection. This revisionist history has proven to be a far more effective...

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On a 50-year anniversary and a gun violence presentation

As a society we rarely stand still. We celebrate, observe anniversaries, and seek to be helpful. We are in a time of acknowledging the 50-year anniversary of Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King’s death. He was shot April 4, 1968, a volatile time in American history. He took our society to...

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Representative Kifowit seeks to augment sexual education

Representative Stephanie Kifowit (Oswego-D) filed the first piece of legislation in the State General Assembly authored by the members of the 84th District Youth Advisory Council. It focuses on the need of high school students to participate in a more in-depth discussion of what constitutes consent and sexually-abusive behavior through...

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Gun Violence Prevention

Congressman Bill Foster, left, gives remarks Monday at a gun violence prevention presentation at Community Christian Church in Naperville. Foster was host. Panelists, from left, Dr. Karen Sheehan, Illinois Violent Death Reporting System; Marsha Lee, Moms Demand Action, her son was killed at age 20; Rohan Chakrabarty, a senior at...

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Montgomery Village Board Meeting Highlights:

Montgomery Village attorney Steve Andersson, left, tells the Village Board Monday a tie vote fails to let the Board reconsider a previous vote at the Montgomery Village Board meeting. Village officials were split on whether to reconsider an ammendment to the Orchard Crossings planned unit of development to allow a...

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Aurora City Council raises age to buy tobacco and vaping products

Aurora City Council members unanimously approved raising the age to purchase tobacco products incl uding vaping supplies from 18 to 21, Tuesday. The vote adds “alternative nicotine and vapor products” to the ordinance that governs tobacco, cigarettes and cigars as well as change the legal age allowed to purchase these...

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Students’ Voice: Gun laws and liberty in two countries, Switzerland, Jamaica

With the recent Parkland, Fla. school shooting, America and some in the world are upset more than usual. Not because of the numbers killed, but the fact that the Parkland shooter legally got the weapons. So why do we need 30 round weapons that only need one bullet to kill...

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Students’ Voice: No guns for mentally ill!

I am 17 years old. That makes me a Millennial Generation Z. And although a knee-jerk reaction may be that this article is about gun control, it isn’t. This article is about the U.S. Congress’ not obeying the clear majority will of “We…the people” on a very important issue: Guns...

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Aurora COW considers 21 for legal vaping age

By Jason Crane –  Aurora City Council members were informed of an increase of vaping use in schools at the Committee of the Whole (COW) meeting Tuesday. Aurora school resource officer Nick Gardner, with Deborah Lang, assistant corporation counsel and dean of Waubonsie Valley High School, Jimmy Jacobs, displayed a...

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