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Between barely avoiding a government shutdown twice, taking 15 ballots to elect a speaker and then removing him from office, the U.S. House of Representatives had an unprecedented year, but not one of the four members representing Lake County consider it a good one.
“It was a historic year, but it was not great for the work of Congress,” said U.S. Rep. Brad Schneider, D-Highland Park. “The House and Senate passed 27 bills that became law. This is one of the most ineffective Congresses in history.”
The Aurora City Council is considering acceptance of two federal grants designed to improve the city’s public safety.
Aldermen Tuesday will vote on accepting two items from the U.S. Department of Justice – one a $79,550 grant from the De-Escalation Grant Program, and the other $2.28 million previously awarded to the city with the help of U.S. Rep. Bill Foster, D-Naperville.
Tom Skilling, a longtime Chicagoland meteorologist who recently announced his plans to retire, was honored by Illinois congressmen last week.
U.S. Reps. Bill Foster, D-Ill., and Mike Quigley, D-Ill., submitted a statement to the Congressional Record that honors Skilling’s four-and-a-half decades as a meteorologist in the Chicago area.
I’ve known Diane Renner long enough to understand why Tuesday was such a red letter day for her.
From the first time I interviewed her as executive director of Marie Wilkinson Food Pantry in Aurora – and that was over 13 years ago – it was obvious what a passion she had for serving those in the community who were struggling with food insecurity.
Illinois is a big winner in the new contract between the United Auto Workers and Stellantis, which will reopen its Belvidere plant to make trucks and build a new battery factory.
The tentative deal reached Saturday could result in more than 3,000 jobs, more than doubling the company's recent headcount, with an investment of billions of dollars, Gov. J.B. Pritzker says.
Over the next few years, Naperville’s energy grid will see strides in efficiency and resiliency thanks to a $1.1 million federal grant announced this week.
The funding is expected to boost the capacity of Naperville’s power delivery system by more effectively using energy generated — and stored — within the city. In doing so, Naperville hopes to augment its power supply, facilitate an energy portfolio that makes the best use of clean resources available and respond faster to real-time electricity needs, officials said.
The US international education sector has welcomed a piece of legislation that seeks to keep STEM graduates in America. However, concerns remain that political hurdles and a possible government shutdown will make the legislation difficult to pass.
The Keep STEM Talent Act was introduced earlier this year by bipartisan lawmakers including US representatives, Bill Foster, Mike Lawler, Wiley Nickel and Sylvia Garcia.
U.S. Rep. Bill Foster is taking a hands-on approach to testing artificial intelligence.
As the only member of Congress with a doctorate in physics, the Naperville Democrat is using AI software frequently in hopes of learning more about an emerging field that fascinates the medical and science world and terrifies many others.
Aurora will receive a $1 million federal grant to help with planting trees around the city and managing them.
U.S. Rep. Bill Foster, D-Naperville, announced the award Friday through the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service’s Urban and Community Forestry Program.
Made possible by the Inflation Reduction Act passed by Congress last year, the funding is designed to provide direct federal support to local communities for urban tree-planting and management.
Illinois residents will save millions of dollars in costs for medications under a new federal law, officials said during an event in Aurora Monday.
U.S. Rep. Bill Foster, D-Naperville, made that point during a round table discussion with area public health officials. With him was U.S. Rep. Katherine Clark, D-Mass., the Democratic House Whip, and both were touting the Inflation Reduction Act, championed by President Joe Biden, as the reason for the savings.