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In several parts of Asia, the harvest season is celebrated with the Moon Festival. Last Saturday, Pacifica Square in Aurora held its own version.
Dozens of vendors set up tents for face painting, food, and art, while different organizations took the opportunity to reach out to their communities.
The Moon Festival tradition brings people together
“The Moon Festival has always been about unity and celebration,” said Eddie Ni, CEO of Windfall Group. “The tradition brings us together and closer.”
From behind the scenes to the floor of Chicago’s United Center, volunteers, delegates and elected officials representing Naperville and DuPage County made the rounds on the first day of the Democratic National Convention.
They basked in the fervor, helped the hubbub run and exuded local pride.
Oh, and there was some wonder, too. At the experience itself and the company they found themselves in.
Creating an inclusive financial system will require effective ways to verify people’s identities and prevent fraud. A recent event from the Aspen Institute Financial Security Program (Aspen FSP) discussed the role of digital identity in the financial system and the state of identity in the United States. Special attention was given to mobile driving licenses (mDLs) which have been spreading across the U.S.
U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin is leading a push for USDA to boost the percentage of conservation funds sent to Illinois to match the state’s status as a top farming state.
In a letter to USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack, Durbin, D-Springfield, and a dozen others from Illinois’ congressional delegation, said the state receives a “disproportionate” share of funds from USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) for critical farm conservation initiatives.
Washington, DC – Today, Congressman Bill Foster (D-IL) introduced the National Windstorm Impact Reduction Program Reauthorization Act.
This legislation reauthorizes the National Windstorm Impact Reduction Program through Fiscal Year 2029, providing critical funding for the program to continue its research into how to mitigate the injuries and property damage caused by windstorms. It also directs the program to develop and implement new standards to make housing and infrastructure more resilient, and to study the impacts of climate change on windstorms.
In response to the address Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu delivered to Congress Wednesday, U.S. Rep. Bill Foster denounced the leader’s actions in Israel’s war in Gaza as “incompetent, self-destructive and anti-democratic.”
The Naperville Democrat attended the speech — which prompted boycotts by many top Democratic lawmakers and drew thousands to the U.S. Capitol to protest Israel’s war with Hamas — out of respect “for the country of Israel and its people at a particularly challenging moment,” he said in a statement following the address.
Washington, DC – Today, Congressman Bill Foster (D-IL), Congresswoman Joyce Beatty (D-OH), and Congressman Brad Sherman (D-CA) introduced the Enhancing Financial Stability Research and Oversight Act. The legislation would establish minimum budget and staffing levels for the Office of Financial Research (OFR) and the Financial Stability Oversight Council (FSOC), adjusted for inflation, to prevent misguided attempts to undermine our top financial stability watchdogs.
A major government-backed quantum research project in Illinois will test the limits of quantum computing — and also how much America is willing to invest in a still very experimental technology.
Washington, DC – Today, Congressman Bill Foster (D-IL) issued the following statement on Prime Minister Netanyahu’s address to Congress:
“I chose to attend the speech out of respect for the country of Israel and its people at a particularly challenging moment, but let me be clear: I oppose the incompetent, self-destructive, and anti-democratic actions and policies of the current Prime Minister.
The city of Batavia is looking to expand its stretch of the Fox River Bike Trail, with the $8 million project being recommended last month for some federal funding.
The project plans to connect two sections of trail on the river’s west side that were disconnected during the city’s $136 million upgrade of its wastewater treatment facility, according to Batavia City Administrator Laura Newman.