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Washington, DC — Today, Representative Bill Foster (D-IL) issued the following statement after he voted to advance the release of the full Epstein files:
Washington, DC — Today, Representative Bill Foster (D-IL) led 25 colleagues in sending a bipartisan letter calling on the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and U.S.
Washington, DC – Today, Congressman Bill Foster (D-IL) issued the following statement:
Tina Ruiz isn’t sure how she will be able to pay bills and keep food on the table if Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits are not restored.
Ruiz, a Kane County resident, said she had received emails and letters about SNAP getting cut off and also saw it watching TV.
Tina Ruiz has been turning more to food pantries to provide food for her family recently. The 58-year-old Kane County resident is currently without access to SNAP.
She is eating more soup these days.
At least for now, despite the uncertainty associated with the federal government shutdown, local agencies are continuing to accept applications for the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program.
The 2025 corn and soybean growing season ended as it started — ideal conditions — along with the usual and unusual challenges sandwiched in between.
Crystal Williams, Pioneer agronomist in DeKalb, Lee, Ogle and Whiteside counties, recapped the northern Illinois growing season.
Planting began ahead of schedule.
The 28-mile Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal was the product of a monumental feat of engineering that reversed the flow of the Chicago River, but no one can deny it is saddled with a rather unpleasant name.
The Eagle Street Gateway project, which broke ground in March of this year in Naperville, is finished and open to the public.
A key goal of the project was to improve accessibility between the upper and lower paths along the Riverwalk.
The government shutdown is poised to become the longest ever this week as the impasse between Democrats and Republicans has dragged into a new month. Millions of people stand to lose food aid benefits, health care subsidies are set to expire, and there are few real talks between the parties over how to end it.