Kendall County Times

Joliet, Project Acclaim recognize 2022 Neighborhood Hero Award winners: They 'show great pride in their property'

By Karen Kidd | Sep 24, 2022

This week, the City of Joliet posted to its Facebook page a portion of the recognized properties in this year's program to award city residents for their landscaping efforts to keep their properties and neighborhoods beautiful.

Wheeler: 'Democrats continue to stand on their soft-on-crime record'

By Karen Kidd | Sep 24, 2022

State House Rep. Keith Wheeler (R-Oswego) is calling on the Senate to reject a bill that would reduce penalties for the possession and sale of small amounts of drugs - including fentanyl, cocaine and heroin - that only narrowly passed the House last year.

Kendall County sheriff assures its treats people 'respectfully and with dignity'

By Karen Kidd | Aug 16, 2020

The Kendall County Sheriff's Department remains "committed to continually assessing and evaluating our practices, procedures, and policies" amid nationwide police brutality protests, Sheriff Dwight Baird said in a recent social media post.

From Prairie State Wire

U.S. Senate Resolution: No bailing out Illinois

By Karen Kidd | 5 years ago

The Land of Lincoln is suffering a number of financial woes, fueled in large part by unfunded pension liabilities, but neither Illinois nor any other state should expect a bailout from Uncle Sam, according to a resolution introduced into the senate last summer.

From Prairie State Wire

'Dirty tricks' alleged in 2016 primary were not illegal, Team Madigan claims in Speaker's defense

By Karen Kidd | 5 years ago

Even if Illinois state House Speaker Michael Madigan (D-Chicago) used "dirty tricks" to fend off 2016 primary challenger Jason Gonzales, the strategy allegedly employed was not illegal, according to a re​cent court filing.

From West Central Reporter

Rep. Hammond renews call for fair maps, supports petition to end gerrymandering

By Karen Kidd | 5 years ago

A Republican Illinois House representative from the 93rd District earlier this week renewed her call for fair maps and pushed support for an independent map-drawing petition following a U.S. Supreme Court decision not to hear gerrymander cases.

From DuPage Policy Journal

Oberweis: RISE Act is 'fundamentally wrong'

By Karen Kidd | 5 years ago

Legislation that would extend state student aid eligibility to undocumented immigrants, on the governor's desk unsigned for about a week, will not be any easier to fund than the current program, State Sen. Jim Oberweis (R-Sugar Grove) said during a recent interview.

Past Kendall County GOP chairman offers suggestions for cash-strapped Oswego school board

By Karen Kidd | Apr 7, 2019

The Oswego School District 308 Board of Education is exploring how best to close its $1.3 million deficit following the failure of a 30-cent tax referendum earlier this month.

From Prairie State Wire

Illinios education officials want half the state's budget, Wirepoints warns

By Karen Kidd | 6 years ago

Illinois education officials are out to get half of the state's budget—and they just might—to the detriment of the state's taxpayers, according to an online Wirepoints newsletter issued earlier today.

From Prairie State Wire

IPI: FBI's secret Madigan recordings in affidavit reveal nothing new about speaker's operations

By Karen Kidd | 6 years ago

Illinois's powerful House Speaker Michael Madigan (D-Chicago), earlier today revealed to be a target in the same FBI investigation that led to an extortion indictment against a Chicago alderman, is not accused of anything new, a think tank reported.

From DuPage Policy Journal

Foster's election opponent calls him out on Pelosi vote

By Karen Kidd | 6 years ago

U.S. Rep. Bill Foster's endorsement of fellow Democrat Nancy Pelosi for speaker of the House only weeks after publicly opposing the idea is what Foster is always going to do—what the party tells him—his opponent in the general election said during a recent interview.

From Prairie State Wire

Legislature overrides some Rauner vetoes, fails on others

By Karen Kidd | 6 years ago

Illinois's outgoing Republican governor saw a few of his vetoes overridden during the Fall Veto Session in Springfield and a few new laws have been passed, a QUAD city area lawmaker said in a summary recap released last week.

Batinick: Voter ID controversy no big deal in Kendall County

By Karen Kidd | Sep 28, 2018

Rep. Mark Batinick (R-Plainfield) believes the controversy over voter ID is no big deal in Kendall County but a civil rights group's letter to a county official earlier this week that suggested otherwise probably did some good.

ACLU says Kendall County voters should not need an ID to vote

By Karen Kidd | Sep 27, 2018

Voter turnout in Kendall County the last few election cycles has increased despite concerns from an Illinois civil rights organization that county voters face "misleading and confusing instructions" about voter identification, a county official said.

From Prairie State Wire

FY19 Budget: 'Not one penny should be spent on pork,' Ives says

By Karen Kidd | 6 years ago

Illinois Rep. Jeanne Ives (R-Wheaton) believes state lawmakers need to reject political pork spending that was hidden in the budget passed earlier this year.

From Prairie State Wire

Pro-economic liberty group launches campaign against soaring Illinois property taxes

By Karen Kidd | 6 years ago

Supporting a proposal to cut Illinois property taxes in half and a slate of political candidates who would help make that happen is part of Liberty Principles PAC's recently announced "Save Your Home" campaign.

From Kane County Reporter

Wheeler warns Pritzker tax hike will 'hit you hard'

By Karen Kidd | 6 years ago

Rep. Keith Wheeler (R-Oswego) believes Illinois Democratic gubernatorial candidate J.B. Pritzker’s policies would be painful for most Illinoisans.

From Prairie State Wire

People in prime working age are fleeing Illinois, think tank reports

By Karen Kidd | 6 years ago

Not only is Illinois' overall population in deep decline, the number of people in prime working age also is going down in the state, a Chicago-based Conservative think tank said in a recent report.

From Chambana Sun

McSweeney resolution urges U of I to sever ties with teacher who was a 1970s radical

By Karen Kidd | 6 years ago

If Rep. David McSweeney (R-Barrington Hills) has his way, former radical and terrorist, longtime fugitive and convicted murderer James William Kilgore will never again teach at the University of Illinois.

From Prairie State Wire

Better Government Association says Obama didn't say fathers in the home is a solution to gun violence -- but he did

By Karen Kidd | 7 years ago

Sometimes the fact-checker needs a good fact-checking.