Suburbs

More than half the members of the Aurora City Council will be sworn in Tuesday — some for the first time and others reinstated — as the council transitions to new leadership. More >

Chicago - Alderman George A. Cardenas (D-12) hosted a delegation of Colombian dignitaries in Chicago on Wednesday, April 8. More >

Kane County residents who experienced significant flood damage might be in line for a tax break as they try to rebuild. But those breaks won’t ease those homeowners’ tax bill pain this week despite their property’s loss of value. More >

Recently, two more newspapers — Los Angeles Times and Denver Post — decided to stop using the term ‘illegal’ to refer to an immigrant living in the US without immigration documents in order. More >

American citizenship is the final step toward full integration into this country, and at a time when immigration reform is being discussed in Congress it should be a goal for all immigrants. American citizenship is obtained either through birth or naturalization. More >

HIS STORY: Giovanni Arroyo is never without a camera. He feels incomplete without one in his hands. Born in Puerto Rico and raised in, and around the Chicago suburbs, Arroyo inherited a knack for artistic photography from his father. More >

Acting Mayor Ruben Pineda became West Chicago’s first elected Hispanic mayor on the April 9 elections. More >

HIS STORY: Ricardo Gonzalez, a first-generation Mexican-American, was raised in Chicago’s Blue Island neighborhood. His earliest encounters with art took place in this neighborhood and shaped his ideology as an artist. More >

RiverEdge Park will be the site for the 42nd Aurora Puerto Rican Heritage Festival this July, despite initial concerns about the cost of using the new venue. More >

By Marco Ortiz The infamous attack that involved the detonation of two bombs near the finish line of the Boston marathon on Monday, April 15 resulted in three deaths and 170 injured, and an entire nation terrorized by this barbaric act of violence. More >