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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.
Belvidere, IL - Today, Congressman Bill Foster (D-IL) released the following statement after President Biden's visit to Belvidere:
Washington, DC - Today, Congressman Bill Foster (D-IL) reintroduced the bipartisan Payer State Transparency Act to help shed light on the “Payer State” problem, wherein certain states, including Illinois, pay more in federal taxes than they get back in federal spending. For every dollar Illinois gives the federal government, its residents only
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.
Washington, DC - Today, Congressman Bill Foster (D-IL) and Congressman Mike Quigley (D-IL) announced that they submitted a statement to the official congressional record honoring Tom Skilling’s remarkable 45-year career as he embarks on a well-earned retirement.
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.
Belvidere, IL - Today, Congressman Bill Foster (D-IL) released the following statement after the UAW announced they reached a tentative agreement with Stellantis to end their strike and reopen the Belvidere Assembly Plant:
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.
Washington, DC – Today, Congressman Bill Foster (D-IL) released the following statement after Congressman Mike Johnson (R-LA) was elected Speaker of the House:
"I'm greatly relieved that, after 22 days of self-induced paralysis, Republicans have been able to fulfill their constitutional duty of electing a Speaker.