Dupage Policy Journal

Wheaton Community Unit School District 200's O'Keefe: 'We are investing in our facilities and we're meeting the needs as defined in the facility master plan'

By Glenn Minnis | Nov 5, 2022

Brian O’Keefe, assistant superintendent of Business Operations of Community Unit School District 200, used a recent board meeting discussion on plans for improving middle schools in the district to highlight how members are investing in facilities and going all out in meeting the needs of those they service.

Wheaton Community Unit School District 200's Kirk: 'We're not going to stop trying to find diverse candidates'

By Glenn Minnis | Nov 4, 2022

Wheaton Community Unit School District 200 Assistant Superintendent Melissa Murphy recently updated members on the board’s Vision 2026 plan.

Andorfer: 'We're moving in the right direction and doing the right things here'

By Glenn Minnis | Sep 10, 2022

Officials from the village of Roselle vowed to stay on course in their effort to control contributions to their police and fire departments.

Berlin: 'Felons who illegally possess a gun will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law'

By Glenn Minnis | Aug 15, 2022

DuPage County State’s attorney Bob Berlin is expressing gratitude to all those who played a role in taking a convicted felon found to be unlawfully in possession of a firearm off the street.

Lewis honors Cal Sutter on his birthday, looks back on Cal's Law

By Glenn Minnis | Mar 2, 2022

State Rep. Seth Lewis (R-Bartlett) recently paid tribute to Cal Sutter, a young cancer victim whose death inspired legislation that benefits children with cancer.

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Grant: 'Let’s repeal the SAFE-T Act and restore public safety in Illinois'

By Glenn Minnis | Mar 2, 2022

State Rep. Amy Grant (R-Wheaton) is pushing for the repeal of the SAFE-T Act as a first step in curbing the city’s rising crime problem.

Indian Prairie School District 204 is going ‘masks recommended’

By Glenn Minnis | Feb 24, 2022

Indian Prairie School District 204 has made the switch to “masks recommended” after Gov. J.B.

Mazzochi: 'I take grave issue with the circumvention of the law, once again, by House Democrats'

By Glenn Minnis | Feb 24, 2022

State Rep. Deanne Mazzochi (R-Elmhurst) is taking issue with the way Democrats are positioning themselves to handle ethics in Springfield.

‘We won against tyrannical overreach of Governor Pritzker!’: McGonigal

By Glenn Minnis | Feb 21, 2022

As one of the plaintiffs successful in overturning Gov. J.B. Pritzker's school mask mandate, Republican Congressional candidate Malgorzata McGonigal hasn't been shy in expressing how she feels about an appellate court ruling rendering the practice unconstitutional.

Naperville CUSD 203 will be mask optional beginning Feb. 15

By Glenn Minnis | Feb 17, 2022

Naperville School District 203 became a mask-optional institution for students as of Feb. 15.

Indian Prairie School District 204 will be mask optional beginning Feb. 22

By Glenn Minnis | Feb 17, 2022

Citing a steady stream of positive data, Indian Prairie School District 204 Superintendent Adrian Talley recently announced the district will become mask optional beginning Feb. 22.

Durkin on retail theft bill: 'It’s time to stop coddling criminals'

By Glenn Minnis | Feb 16, 2022

State Rep. Jim Durkin (R-Burr Ridge) says the state must do more to fight the growing trend of organized retail theft in Illinois.

Berlin and Arres comment on murder of Naperville maintenance worker

By Glenn Minnis | Feb 15, 2022

Bond has been set at $1 million for a Naperville man charged in the killing of a 41-year-old apartment building maintenance worker.

Mazzochi: 'it is an insult to try to achieve the same results through a sneaky back door approach'

By Glenn Minnis | Feb 6, 2022

State Rep. Deanne Mazzochi (R-Westmont) is opposed to any legislation that seeks to compel physicians to disclose to the Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) sensitive vaccine medical information without the consent of the patient.

Durkin: 'The administration is placing criminals above victims'

By Glenn Minnis | Feb 2, 2022

Republican House Leader Jim Durkin (R-Burr Ridge) is no fan of the Prison Review Board.

State's Attorney Berlin commends law enforcement agencies for capture of fugitive

By Glenn Minnis | Jan 28, 2022

DuPage County State’s Attorney Robert Berlin is commending the work of officers responsible for taking inmate Bruce Berrier back into custody after he cut off his electronic GPS monitoring device while on furlough to attend his brother’s funeral.

Durkin sends letter calling for DCFS hearing

By Glenn Minnis | Jan 19, 2022

House Republican Leader Jim Durkin is calling for a hearing after Department of Children and Family and Services (DCFS) Director Marc Smith was hit with contempt of court charges after failing to place a pair of youths in appropriate settings for several months.Earlier this month, Durkin sent a letter to the Chair of the House Appropriations Human Services Committee demanding that she convene hearings on the failures at DCFS, highlighted by allegations Smith failed to place two youths in the care of the state in proper surroundings.

DuPage GOP applauds McCarthy's statement on U.S. Chamber of Commerce

By Glenn Minnis | Jan 19, 2022

The DuPage County GOP posted its support of House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.), who recently expressed his dissatisfaction with the U.S. Chamber of Commerce.

Mazzochi: 'Squeaky clean voter rolls' necessary for mail-in voting

By Glenn Minnis | Jan 15, 2022

State Rep. Deanne Mazzochi (R-Elmhurst) recently engaged voters in a virtual town hall where she pushed talk of legislation designed to require county clerks to remove dead people from voter rolls, warning failure to do so opens the door to voter fraud, especially with expanded mail-in voting.

St. Procopius Abbey will no longer sponsor Benet Academy but school will remain Catholic

By Glenn Minnis | Jan 6, 2022

St. Procopius Abbey will no longer oversee Benet Academy after the school’s board of directors re-extended a girls’ lacrosse coaching offer to a woman in a same sex-marriage.