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December 4, 2023

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.

November 3, 2023

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.

October 31, 2023

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.

October 28, 2023

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.

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October 21, 2023

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.

October 5, 2023

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.

September 22, 2023

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.

September 18, 2023

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.

August 28, 2023

Illinois residents will save millions of dollars in costs for medications under a new federal law, officials said during an event in Aurora Monday.

June 27, 2023

NAPERVILLE, Ill. , June 27, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Nicor Gas, Southern Company and Fox Valley Habitat for Humanity announced today the groundbreaking of a new community designed to be carbon-neutral and achieve net-zero in Aurora, Illinois.