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Opinion Political

U.S. needs to communicate with respect, not be divided

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As we watch the new Donald Trump Administration defy accepted norms for behavior and implement what look like extreme measures and chaos, it does not serve us to spend our time insulting fellow Americans who have different views, when there is so much research to be done in understanding which...

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When dissent becomes a crime: The war on speech

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By John & Nisha Whitehead You can’t have it both ways. You can’t live in a constitutional republic if you allow the government to act like a police state. You can’t claim to value freedom if you allow the government to operate like a dictatorship. You can’t expect to have...

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Partisan politics infiltrating non-partisan Illinois elections

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By Ben Szalinski & Bridgette FoxCapitol News Illinoisnews@capitolnewsillinois.com It’s been just four months since the last election concluded, but another election is on the horizon in Illinois: the April 1 elections for school boards and municipal offices. Though municipal and school board races in Illinois are nonpartisan, voters may see...

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Mayor of Aurora, Richard Irvin, and challenger, John Laesch, participate in candidate forum

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Mayor of Aurora, Richard Irvin, left, and challenger John Laesch participate in the League of Women Voters Aurora Area candidate forum Monday, March 10.

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Opinion Political

Is that still workin’ for ya? Trump at it again

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If you thought the first three weeks of living in the kingdom of self-proclaimed King Donald Trump was like being forced to listen to fingernails being scratched on a hundred blackboards, the last week was as if your own fingernails were added to the cacophony of scratching. Sure, we’re all...

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Events Political

First Aurora mayor forum March 10

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The first hybrid forum for the Aurora Mayoral Race will be held at 7 p.m. Monday, March 10 at the Santori Library, 101 S River Street, Aurora. Incumbent mayor Richard Irvin and candidate John Laesch will participate.The forum is open to the public, but there is limited seating available. The...

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Reader’s Commentary: DOGE finding fraud; the left defend fraudsters

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By Bela “Bill” Suhayda To this point, more than $500 billion, of taxpayer money, has gone missing. Yet the Media/Dems target Elon Musk and DOGE, calling them racists and Nazi’s. This is the level of discourse on the political left. Name calling and blame on Musk and DOGE are the...

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Government Political

Pritzker positions himself at forefront of Trump opposition

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By Hannah MeiselCapitol News Illinoisnews@capitolnewsillinois.com A month into president Donald Trump’s second term in the White House, governor JB Pritzker last week warned that the breakneck pace at which the Donald Trump administration has been remaking federal policy could be a harbinger of something darker. “It took the Nazis one...

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Events Political

League of Women voters forum Feb. 24

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The League of Women Voters of Central Kane County, will host a five-part candidate forum in Sugar Grove, featuring candidates running in contested races for the offices of Sugar Grove Fire Protection District Trustee, Waubonsee Community College Trustee, Village of Sugar Grove Trustee, Village of Sugar Grove President, and Kaneland...

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Egg prices up, Trump and cronies richer every day

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Hasn’t it been a wonderful three weeks (only three?) since Donny Dimwit took over technically as president, or actually co-president? The price of eggs and other grocery items are up, gas prices are up, inflation is up. How’s that workin’ for ya? Thousands of our fellow workers are out of...

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Aurora mayoral responses to survey: Jazmine Garcia

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The Voice contributor, Marissa Amoni, and other community members, wrote several questions for Aurora mayoral candidates in the consolidated primary election to answer. Below are answers from candidate Jazmine Garcia. How will you work to restore our riverfront along the Fox River, especially north of downtown and RiverEdge Park? I...

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Reader’s Voice: League of Women Voters Aurora forums

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February 3, 2025Dear editor; As the Spring Election is in full swing, the League of Women Voters-Aurora Area is conducting forums for area candidates in the contested races for Mayor of Aurora and various offices in Kane and Kendall counties. Forums are designed to provide a safe space for candidates...

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Aurora mayoral candidate Mesiacos endorsed by Durbin

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Aurora alderman (Ward 3) Ted Mesiacos announced the endorsement of United States Senator Dick Durbin in his campaign to serve as the Mayor of Aurora, building momentum as early voting continues. “I’m proud to endorse Ted Mesiacos for mayor of Aurora. Ted knows what it takes to deliver for his...

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Reader’s Commentary: Failed Democratic Party ploys; Trump to fix nation

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By Bela “Bill” Suhayda How bad does your message have to be to lose an election to Adolph Hitler? I would surmise…pretty bad. Yet this is what happened to the Democrats, Kamala Harris and “Tampon” Tim Walz November 5, 2024. They were calling Donald Trump, Hitler for a decade. Did...

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Aurora mayoral responses to survey: John Laesch

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The Voice contributor, Marissa Amoni, and other community members, wrote several questions for Aurora mayoral candidates in the consolidated primary election to answer. Below are answers from Aurora alderman at-large, John Laesch. How will you work to restore our riverfront along the Fox River, especially north of downtown and RiverEdge...

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Aurora mayoral responses to survey: Judd Lofchie

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The Voice contributor, Marissa Amoni, and other community members, wrote several questions for Aurora mayoral candidates in the consolidated primary election to answer. Below are answers from former Aurora alderman, Judd Lofchie. How will you work to restore our riverfront along the Fox River, especially north of downtown and RiverEdge...

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Aurora mayoral responses to survey: Richard C. Irvin

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The Voice contributor, Marissa Amoni, and other community members, wrote several questions for Aurora mayoral candidates in the consolidated primary election to answer. Below are answers from current mayor, Richard Irvin. How will you work to restore our riverfront along the Fox River, especially north of downtown and RiverEdge Park?...

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Reader’s Voice: Presidents not all the same

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January 11, 2025Dear editor; Trump says: I didn’t do anything wrong; It was a perfect phone call; It’s a hoax, witch hunt; Fake news; It’s not Russia; I’m going to build a great wall and have Mexico pay for it; I could stand in the middle of 5th Avenue and...

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Reader’s Voice: Democrats helped elect Republicans

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December 1, 2024Dear editor; I waited three weeks before writing this to see how Democrats reacted to the election. My wife can confirm that I had been telling friends a month prior to the election that this could be 2016 all over again. I had been getting my news from...

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