Steve Lord

Aurora’s special census will be in March 2025, although the process actually will start a week earlier in February. City officials got those dates recently from the U.S. Census Bureau in response to the city entering into an agreement with […]

After being assured there will be plenty of public input, Aurora aldermen this week approved hiring a Massachusetts-based company to help develop a plan and strategy for how generative artificial intelligence will be handled at the city. Aldermen voted 11-1

The Aurora City Council Tuesday evening approved $3 million in funding for a new organization dedicated to economic development in the city. The money will be seed money, called a Transformation Fund, for an organization called Elevate Aurora, a merger

It took some haggling, several amendments, several votes and eventually two tie votes broken by Mayor Richard Irvin, but the Aurora City Council Tuesday night increased pay for aldermen, beginning in 2027. The City Council was under the gun because

The city of Aurora was recently ranked in the top 10 of best cities for creative businesses in the United States. The poll was conducted by website Creative Fabrica, and assessed the 200 most populous cities in the country for

The Aurora City Council is set to vote on a deal for a new sound fence along Orchard Road. The upgraded fence has been “a decade in the making,” according to Ian Wade, of the city’s engineering division. During that

The Aurora City Council is set to vote next week on a 27% pay increase for aldermen that would be effective in 2027. Aldermen meeting this week as a Committee of the Whole voted 8-3 in favor of the increase.

The Aurora City Council is set to vote on the Historic Preservation grants for 2024. Because aldermen put the item on the consent agenda for Tuesday’s regular council meeting, they are expected to approve them. City staff received 21 applications

Aurora Mayor Richard Irvin and commanders of the Aurora Police Department Tuesday hit back at comments made recently by Kane County Sheriff Ron Hain. The comments were made by Hain during a memorial ceremony for K-9 Officer Hudson, a police

Aurora attorney Judd Lofchie, a former Aurora City Council member who is currently on the East Aurora School District board, has announced he will run for mayor in 2025. Lofchie, who is also a real estate broker, made his announcement