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Woodstock leaders touted the recent announcement of the city landing $10 million in state grant funding to help with its share of Route 47 construction-related costs.
Mayor Mike Turner noted the grant early on in his recent State of the City address.
BELVIDERE, Ill. — Local lawmakers gave their thoughts on Stellantis' move to invest $600 million into the Belvidere Assembly Plant to produce two Jeep models in 2027.
Governor JB Pritzker celebrated the announcement as a victory for Illinois in a post on X.
One of the leading voices in Congress for the adoption of digital identifications said a federal agency is needed to verify the security of the software and hardware underpinning mobile phones and other authentication technologies.
BELVIDERE, Ill. (WIFR) - In response to the Trump administration's Big Beautiful Bill, Congressman Bill Foster and State Representative Dave Vella co-hosted a town hall Wednesday night.
More than 40 people, some of whom brought their children, spent more than an hour hearing about how local lawmakers are responding to their concerns at the state and federal levels; most notably, healthcare.
"How will the Big Beautiful Bill actually impact people?"
At an event in Geneva on Thursday, U.S. Rep. Sean Casten, D-Downers Grove, slammed the Trump administration’s recently-passed federal “Big Beautiful Bill Act.” In particular, he criticized the changes it includes for SNAP, the federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, which provides food assistance to low-income individuals across the country.
“This bill is evil in the Biblical sense of that word,” Casten said.
The Trump administration’s proposal to cut the U.S. National Science Foundation budget by 56% has invoked concerns from universities - but they are hardly the only constituency bucking the move.