A couple of Aurora City Council votes were close at the body’s meeting Tuesday evening. One vote approved paying the professional services agreement with Crowe Horwath, of Oakbrook Terrace, in the amount of $90,000. for technology-related services. The agreement was approved 7-4 after it was sent back to the Committee
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
History will come to life in salutes to citizenship when Joe Wiegand returns to Illinois as Teddy Roosevelt. During the performance from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m., Saturday, April 14, at the Santori Public Library of Aurora, 101 South River Street in Aurora, Wiegand will salute the Roosevelt-Aurora American Legion
Voters, in light numbers, completed the Illinois primary election Tuesday for candidates and propositions. See selected listed results on page 7. Incumbent governor Bruce Rauner won the Republican Party nomination, even though opponent Jeanne Ives won in DuPage, Kane, and Kendall Counties. JB Pritzker won the State Democratic Party nomination
Dale Berman, president of the North Aurora Village Board, delivers the annual address Wednesday, March 14 at Oak Street Restaurant & Bar in North Aurora. Submitted photo
Free-trade agreements. Tariffs. Capitalism. What’s not to like about them? Keep reading, dear reader. The astute observer of the writings of the present scribe will note that he has taken our accidental president to task on many an occasion and that he believes the rascal should be put out to
By Deena Sherman – By the time you read these words, students at approximately 1,600 schools across the country will have walked out of their classrooms at 10 a.m. across each U.S. time zones. The occasion is the one-month anniversary, March 14, of the shooting that killed 17 individuals at
To receive input from all groups on legislation to protect nurses from workplace violence, State representative Stephanie Kifowit, D-Oswego, conducted a roundtable discussion with more than a dozen representatives of relevant State departments and healthcare groups to discuss amendatory proposals to her pending legislation, House Bill 4100. “It is important
The divisions between the Republican Party and the Democratic Party on fundamental political values – on government, race, immigration, national security, environmental protection and other areas – reached record levels during Barack Obama’s presidency. In Donald Trump’s first year as president, these gaps have grown even larger. And the magnitude
Generational differences long have been a factor in U.S. politics. These divisions are now as wide as they have been in decades, with the potential to shape politics well into the future. From immigration and race to foreign policy and the scope of government, two younger generations, Millennials and Gen
League of Women Voters Central Kane County’s candidates’ forum Thursday, March 8 at the Batavia Government Center included candidates for Kane County Clerk and for Kane County Sheriff. Left, Stan Bond, Republican Party Candidate for County Clerk, shakes hands with Democratic candidate Nico Jimenez. Right photo, Kane Sheriff candidates from
Matt Brolley, president of the Montgomery Village Board, delivers the State of the Village Tuesday at Montgomery Village Hall and promises a priority will be finding a tenant for the Caterpillar, Inc. property which may be empty by the end of the year. See the video at facebook.com/thevoice.us. Dustin Krueger/The Voice
Citizenship. Civic duty. Responsibility. Democratic process. Sustaining the republic. Choosing our representatives carefully. They all are the fabric of our society, in which we exercise a measure of control over who is elected in all offices, from president of the United States down to a minor community office in the
By Richard C. Irvin Mayor of Aurora – To Aurora residents: At this point one year ago, my life was very different. I was campaigning to be the mayor of Aurora, and anxiously awaiting the results of the primary election. This year, as I prepare to close out my first year
In the American police state, police have a tendency to shoot first and ask questions later. In fact, police don’t usually need much incentive to shoot and kill members of the public. Police have shot and killed Americans of all ages, many of them unarmed, for standing a certain way,
The League of Women Voters of Central Kane County sponsors a candidates’ forum Thursday, Feb. 22 at the Batavia City Council chambers. Top photo, 14th District congressional Democratic Party candidates, from left, Matt Brolley, John Hosta, Daniel Roldán-Johnson, Victor Swanson, Lauren Underwood, and George Weber. Right, candidates for 49th and
Gail Johnson, president of the Oswego Village Board, with the assistance of a slide show, provides commentary Tuesday afternoon at the Goodrich Kendall 11 Theatre in Oswego the State of the Village presentation. She repeated the theme of Better Together. She said in Oswego 2018 it is the year of
The capacity crowd of approximately 250 was involved, interested, and informed, at the League of Women Voters of Central Kane County’s forum Thursday, Feb. 22 at the Batavia Government Center’s City Council Chambers. Many in the crowd roared approval at an answer about the hot topic of guns early in
February 20, 2018 Dear editor; March 20 Aurora voters in Kane, Kendall, and Will Counties will see the question, “Shall the city election law be rejected?” on the ballot. This question pertains to the Aurora Election Commission, which was established by referendum in 1934 for the sole purpose of running
By Christopher J. Lauzen, Kane County Board chairman – The following statement is true: For the good of all people in Kane County, I support Democrats, Republicans, and independents; females and males; and all races and non-violent creeds. To secure my support, all you need is honesty, hard work, commonsense,
