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Washington, DC – Today, Congressman Bill Foster (D-IL) announced that Aurora and Joliet were awarded grants by the Department of Justice to prevent and control crime based on their local needs. These grants, created by the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Program, will provide the cities with critical funding to support a range of program areas, including law enforcement, crime prevention and education, technology improvement, mental health programs, and more.
JOLIET – The Department of Justice awarded the City of Joliet nearly $60,000 today in an effort to control crime locally.
The money comes from the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Program and is designed to support law enforcement programs including law enforcement, crime prevention and education, technology improvement, mental health programs, and more.
Congressman Bill Foster (D-IL) announced the grants Thursday. Joliet will receive $59,961 from the grant. Aurora will also receive $67,621 from the program.
The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee passed a proposal meant to put the government more squarely in the digital identity space out of committee on Wednesday. The next stop for the legislation is the Senate floor.
The proposal was originally introduced in 2020 by Rep. Bill Foster (D-Ill.) and reintroduced by Foster along with Reps. John Katko (R-N.Y.), Jim Langevin (D-R.I.) and Barry Loudermilk, (R-Ga.) in 2021.
Washington, DC – Today, Congressman Bill Foster (D-IL) led 81 Members of Congress in calling for an increase in transparency on wait times for immigrant visa interviews.
In a letter to Secretary of State Antony Blinken, the Members wrote:
Washington, DC – Today, Congressman Bill Foster (D-IL) issued the following statement after the U.S. House of Representatives passed the bipartisan Invest to Protect Act, which would establish a grant through the Department of Justice's Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) program to help small law enforcement agencies fund training, mental health support, recruitment, and retention:
The newly-named Grand Prairie Water Commission was announce Aug.18. It consists of six municipalities: Channahon, Crest Hill, Joliet, Minooka, Romeoville and Shorewood.
A little more than two months before Election Day, several local congressional Democrats joined the U.S. secretary of labor in Chicago on Thursday to tout the Biden administration's efforts to help blue-collar workers and retirees while rallying union support as Illinois prepares to vote on a referendum that would guarantee employees the right to organize and bargain collectively.
Washington, D.C. – Today, Congressman Bill Foster (D-IL) released the following statement after President Biden announced his plan to cancel $10,000 of student loan debt for borrowers making less than $125,000, and $20,000 for Pell Grant recipients:
"I applaud President Biden's action to provide much-needed breathing room for countless student loan borrowers. Student debt is a serious economic burden for far too many Americans, and we must do all we can to support them as our nation recovers from the economic repercussions of the pandemic.
In the age of increasing government digital services, Rep. Bill Foster (D-Ill.) is zeroing in on the question of digital identity – how do you know that someone is who they say they are online.
Foster is the lead sponsor of the Improving Digital Identity Act, introduced in 2020 and again in 2021. Earlier this summer, it got a Senate companion from Sens. Krysten Sinema (D-Ariz.) and Cynthia Lummis (R-Wyo) and advanced out of a House committee.
Carlos Avila is the owner of Day and Night Childcare in Aurora and is concerned about attracting good teachers to work at his facility and being able to pay them adequately.
"I want to see Latinos grow and see my community grow and see how we can get better as a business and what we can do in the community," Avila said while waiting for a meeting to begin Thursday in Aurora centering on Hispanic-owned small businesses in the city. "The pressure to have qualified teachers is getting tough and the kids deserve well-paid teachers."