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Events PoliticalCandidate forum League of Women Voters

League of Women Voters plans forums

On September 1, 2020September 1, 2020 By admin

The Aurora Area, Downers Grove/Woodridge/Lisle, and Naperville Chapters of the League of Women Voters will sponsor candidate forums in September. Due to the pandemic, these forums will be held on closed Zoom sessions. Please visit our Facebook page after the dates listed to view the respective forums. Visit our website...

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Government PoliticalCapitol News Illinois Rebecca Anzel

Grant Wehrli, three fellow State Republicans, seek to restart meetings

On August 25, 2020August 26, 2020 By admin

By Rebecca Anzel Four Republican lawmakers implored the co-leaders of a bipartisan, bicameral and multi-branch panel designed to present ethics and lobbying reform proposals to restart meetings that have stalled since the novel coronavirus outbreak. The call, made during an online news conference Monday by the Joint Commission on Ethics...

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Feature PoliticalDonna Crane

Mail-in voting not a new method of casting ballots

On August 25, 2020August 31, 2020 By admin

First of two parts Mail-in voting has become a popular topic for the November 3 elections. Sue Halperin, staff writer for The New Yorker Magazine, submitted the following article to the magazine. “Recently Donald Trump casually suggested on Twitter that the November election should be delayed because universal mail-in voting...

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Government PoliticalGovernment John W. Whitehead Politics Rutherford Institute

Future of ‘we the people’ fixed to hard work, Constitution

On August 25, 2020August 24, 2020 By admin

By John W. Whitehead And so it begins again, the never-ending, semi-delusional, train-wreck of an election cycle in which the American people allow themselves to get worked up into a frenzy over the misguided belief that the future of this Nation, nay, our very lives, depends on who we elect...

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Government PoliticalIllinois Jim Nowlan Jim Thompson Politics

Whither the Illinois GOP in a post-Jim Thompson world

On August 22, 2020August 22, 2020 By admin

The recent passing of Illinois Republican governor Jim Thompson (1977-1990) begs the question: Can the Illinois Republican Party ever again capture the governor’s office? The only answer I can come up with is, unfortunately: Not likely, but not impossible. Here’s why. Jim Thompson served four terms, twice as many as...

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Government PoliticalCandidate Election Naperville

Candidacy petitions ready

On August 11, 2020August 11, 2020 By admin

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...

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PoliticalElection Kane County Board Mavis Bates

Salute to Labor expert panel Thursday, Aug. 13 on Zoom

On August 11, 2020August 10, 2020 By admin

By Mavis Bates I will be host to a Zoom Salute to Labor fundraiser from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 13, to celebrate the role of the labor movement in the future of Kane County. Our panel of superstars includes: • Bill Foster, congressman, Illinois 11th Congressional District;...

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Opinion PoliticalLetter to the Editor Readers Voice Wayne Lela

Fascist-type tactics writer’s concern

On August 10, 2020August 10, 2020 By admin

August 3, 2020Dear editor; Those paying attention to the protests around our country, especially if they ever studied fascism, should be disturbed by these protests. Fascists employ violence, intolerance, and repression. Many protesters do, too. Fascists use schools to indoctrinate students, to instill blind obedience to fascist authorities, and to...

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PoliticalCenter Jim Nowlan Politics

Will the center hold? It must

On August 1, 2020August 1, 2020 By admin

I am hearing a worried buzz about our republic not holding together, something I have never in my long life encountered before. Some (many?) on the left worry about president Donald Trump calling the election invalid and holding onto power. From the right comes concerns that those leading and supporting...

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Events PoliticalLeague of Women Voters League of Women’s Voters/Central Kane County Voting

League of Women’s Voters/Central Kane County will hold voter registration outdoors Aug. 9

On July 28, 2020July 27, 2020 By admin

The League of Women’s Voters/Central Kane County will be host to an outdoor voter registration from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 9, at the Peg Bond Center Bandshell, 151 Island Avenue in Batavia. Registrants are asked to bring two forms of identification with a current address, including a...

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Crime Government PoliticalCapitol News Illinois Jim Nowlan Mike Madigan

It is Mike Madigan’s last hurrah

On July 25, 2020July 25, 2020 By admin

As one who scribbles largely about things Illinois, I feel almost obligated to observe on the bombshell, certainly for the small fraternity that follows Illinois politics, news that utility ComEd has agreed to pay a $200 Million fine for bribery of Illinois officials. The announcement by the U.S. attorney’s office...

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Commentary Opinion PoliticalMarjorie Logman Reader's Commentary

Why dialogue, truth, best!

On July 21, 2020July 21, 2020 By admin

By Marjorie Logman I am writing to a select group: Far right Donald Trump followers, and far right Evangelicals, those who have a steady diet of Fox News television and Republicans who have made the party something my father would not recognize. To give some background, I grew up with...

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Judd Lofchie, candidate for Aurora mayor

Carousel Community Government Jobs PoliticalAurora Aurora Mayor Judd Lofchie

Judd Lofchie: Candidate for Aurora mayor

On July 2, 2020July 2, 2020 By admin

Judd Lofchie, real estate broker, attorney, and 10th Ward alderman for Aurora, announced Tuesday, June 30, his intentions to run for mayor. With three years of aldermanic experience and a storied history of community advocacy and support, Lofchie becomes the first to formally announce his entry to Aurora’s mayoral election...

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Commentary Opinion PoliticalMarjorie Logman Reader's Commentary

Change! Endorses Joe Biden

On June 30, 2020June 29, 2020 By admin

By Margie Logman The problems I see in America today brought forth by the pandemic, the economic crisis, and the policing issues, is that we are often told of a reality that does not exist. We are repeatedly told that the economy is great but for whom? Many individuals and...

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Government Military PoliticalJohn W. Whitehead Rutherford Institute

War on COVID-19 could continue as war on American people

On May 19, 2020May 18, 2020 By admin

By John W. Whitehead No one is safe. No one is immune. No one gets spared the anguish, fear, and heartache of living under the shadow of an authoritarian police state. That’s the message being broadcast 24/7 with every new piece of government propaganda, every new law that criminalizes otherwise...

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Opinion PoliticalJoe Bialek Letter to the Editor Voting

Voting by mail a solution

On May 5, 2020May 4, 2020 By admin

May 1, 2020Dear editor; Voting by mail should replace voting at the polls in its entirety. The two institutions that definitely can be trusted are the county boards of elections and the United States Postal Service. The money saved by eliminating the need for poll workers could be used to...

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Opinion PoliticalJudy Siedlecki Opinion

Many steps required by governments to reopen U.S.

On May 5, 2020May 5, 2020 By admin

By Judy Siedlecki When intelligence, medical, and scientific, governmental personnel warned president Donald Trump in January of the imminent highly-contagious viral pandemic attack known as COVID-19, he blithely ignored them and called it the flu which would disappear with the warm weather in April, and a Democratic Party hoax, and...

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Government PoliticalDonna Crane Voting

State voting by mail requests will begin August 5

On May 5, 2020May 5, 2020 By admin

There are many ways to vote in the November 3 elections, according to John Cunningham, Kane County Clerk’s office: Voters can request vote by mail starting August 5. Any qualified elector in Illinois who is properly registered to vote, may apply for a vote by mail ballot. In addition, the...

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PoliticalCapitol News Illinois COVID-19 Election Rebecca Anzel

Requirements for third parties relaxed

On April 21, 2020April 22, 2020 By admin

By Rebecca Anzel Illinois ballot eligibility requirements will be loosened for third-party candidates affected this election cycle by State efforts to combat the novel coronavirus pandemic. In a lawsuit filed April 2, the State’s Libertarian and Green parties said social distancing and stay-at-home orders instituted by governor JB Pritzker made...

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Opinion PoliticalJudy Siedlecki Opinion Reader's Commentary

Increased tests would protect us

On April 14, 2020April 14, 2020 By admin

By Judy Siedlecki Knowledge is power. That’s why Donald Trump is doing everything in his power to keep you in the dark about your very survival from COVID-19. He lied it existed, delayed early testing, told governors to buy their own ventilators, then bid against them, plays favorites with those...

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