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The extremist group Awake Illinois booked a speaking event at the city-owned Des Plaines Theatre for February 8, 2023. In response, residents of Des Plaines spoke at Tuesday’s city council meeting to express their concerns with inviting this group into the community—a community that “embraces and honors diversity in all forms including: race, ethnicity, gender,Continue reading “Transphobic extremist group does not represent the values of Des Plaines”

Emailed public comments were not read out loud at Monday’s city council meeting, May 17, 2021. In order to show our community all of the voices of support in Des Plaines, here are some of the comments that were submitted in favor of flying the rainbow flag on city property during LGBTQ Pride month thisContinue reading “Pride Flag Public Comments”

Earth Day is April 22, and Earth Week runs April 16-22. Celebrate and grab a garbage bag and head out on a walk through your favorite park, trail, or neighborhood in Des Plaines and serve your community by picking up any litter you see. Post on social media and use #trashtag to show off yourContinue reading “Earth Day – April 22, 2021”

The Cook County Board will hold a public hearing in May on whether to change Columbus Day to Indigenous Peoples’ Day. They will vote in June. All of Cook County and Cook County Forest Preserve lands were Native lands before colonizers arrived. The 65,000 Native residents of Cook County today aren’t asking that everyone leave,Continue reading “Indigenous Peoples’ Day and Land Acknowledgement for Cook County”

LAUREN BARRY JANUARY 12, 2021 With a new garbage disposal contract set to take effect in Des Plaines on March 1, residents can expect to pay $.01 less per month for waste removal services. Though this amount may seem minuscule, the new, seven-year, $3.4 million contract with Lakeshore Recycling prevents garbage removal rates from jumping byContinue reading “Des Plaines Avoids Garbage Disposal Rate Hike With New Deal”

LAUREN BARRY DECEMBER 01, 2020 “We can’t change the world until we can change Des Plaines and our own district,” Des Plaines native Kevin Murphy told the Journal & Topics. On Nov. 23, Murphy was preparing to launch the Facebook page for The Jet City Coalition, a community group he founded in October focused on communityContinue reading “DP Native Aims To Promote Community Service In Communities Near O’Hare”

Regardless of tomorrow’s election results, there is the potential for unrest. Make a safety plan for yourself, and encourage your friends and family to do the same. “Activists and extremists alike from both the right and the left fear what could happen this election and are preparing for what’s to come (The Atlantic). As aContinue reading “Make an Election Safety Plan”

Originally Published by Journal & Topics by Todd Wessell October 26, 2020 Des Plaines aldermen last week voted to take the next step that will lead to the construction of a pedestrian-bicycle path underneath the Northwest Highway S-curve west of the downtown area. Council members agreed to submit an application for federal funding for PhaseContinue reading “Des Plaines Taking Next Step Toward S-Curve Bike-Pedway”

Cumberland Crossing is a proposed apartment development at Golf Road and Wolf Road where the unoccupied United Feather & Down facility currently stands. For a deeper look at the developer’s plans along with residents’ concerns, watch the October 19th city council meeting, available on the city’s Council Meeting Videos webpage, as well as this PDFContinue reading “Proposed Cumberland Crossing Development for Des Plaines”