DuPage County Board members have agreed to spend up to $96,000 on a one-year contract with a federal lobbyist

Diane Blair Sherlock on the SAFE-T-Act: There are discussions of potential changes which I am open to. Some of the proposals include expanding detainable offenses which I am open to. Read her full questionnaire here

An ordinance that calls for monitoring some Immigration and Customs Enforcement activities in Downers Grove is expected to be approved Tuesday the Village Council

Downers Grove commissioners have rejected zoning changes that would increase the number of children permitted at home day care centers but left the door open for a communitywide discussion on ideas

A request for changes to the ordinance governing home day care operations in Downers Grove did not generate support from village commissioners despite the backing it received from the plan commission

U.S. Rep. Sean Casten and U.S. Sens. Dick Durbin and Tammy Duckworth announced $4 million in federal funding through the U.S. Department of Education for College of DuPage

U.S. Rep. Sean Casten is calling for the impeachment of Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem: “The murder of Renee Good is a tragic episode in a story of harm and destruction orchestrated by Secretary Noem and ICE that must not be tolerated anywhere," Casten said

State Rep. Stephanie Kifowit of Oswego called the shooting of Renee Nicole Good a profound failure of accountability and a moment that demands national action. Suburban activist says communities need to ban ICE from public spaces.

A group of Woodridge residents is raising money for a legal battle to fight a proposed development on the site of the Zigfield Troy Golf Course