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Curran: ‘I share the concerns of the parents of SD33C and join in calling for the removal of this teacher from the school’

By DuPage Policy Journal Report | 1 year ago

Illinois Senate Republican Leader John Curran (R-Downers Grove) has joined parents in expressing concern over a recently hired local elementary school teacher's disturbing social media posts.

Township High School District 211 welcomes 11,981 students in 2021-22 school year

By North Cook News | Aug 18, 2023

Enrollment at Township High School District 211 rose from the previous year, according to the Illinois State Board of Education report.

Schakowsky, Colleagues Urge State Department to Continue Support of Environmentalists in Bajo Aguan Region of Honduras

By North Cook News Report | Aug 18, 2023

On August 15, U.S. Representatives Jan Schakowsky (IL-09), Jesús “Chuy” García (IL-04), Ilhan Omar (MN-05), and Raúl M. Grijalva (AZ-07) led 16 of their colleagues in a letter urging United States Secretary of State Antony Blinken to ensure that the U.S. Embassy in Honduras is continually engaging the Honduran government to combat corruption while protecting the environmentalists in the Bajo Aguan region from future violence and attacks, and ensuring that their demands are fully and fairly attended to. This includes the definitive cancelation of the Los Pinares mining licenses in the Carlos Escaleras Botaderos Mountain National Park.

Reps. Krishnamoorthi, Blumenauer, and Fitzpatrick Call on Biden Administration to Scale Up Response to Global Food Insecurity

By North Cook News Report | Aug 18, 2023

On August 10, Congressmen Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), and Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA) sent a letter to the Biden Administration regarding the continued global food insecurity crisis and the need for robust funding for emergency international food aid, particularly for Ready-to-Use Therapeutic Food (RUTF), in any supplemental funding request to Congress.

Village of Wheeling Plan Commission met June 14

By Angelica Saylo Pilo | Aug 18, 2023

Village of Wheeling Plan Commission met Wednesday, June 14

City of Elgin Committee of the Whole met June 14

By Angelica Saylo Pilo | Aug 18, 2023

City of Elgin Committee of the Whole met Wednesday, June 14

Canty on House Bill 3129: 'This policy will require businesses with 15+ employees to include wages and benefits in job postings'

By North Cook News Report | Aug 17, 2023

Rep. Mary Beth Canty celebrated the signing of House Bill 3129 into law in an Aug. 14 Facebook post. The bill requires businesses with 15 or more employees to put wages and benefits in their job postings when hiring new employees.