The general election may be nearly a year away, but the Illinois primary election is coming up soon, only two months from now, on March 17, and Ted Dabrowski needs your support. Take a look at Ted’s story at his…
Did you miss my speech on January 12th? Watch the full speech here.
What are the House Rules? Sounds like such an obscure issue it couldn’t possibly matter but it’s crucial. You see, Illinois ranks worst among all 50 states not simply in various economic or budget metrics, but in how the government…
Everybody’s worried about their property taxes, yet the only proposals coming from the Democratic Party in Springfield aim to “solve the problem” by shifting the burden or by increasing state taxes with the promise they’ll reduce property taxes – which…
Second in a series: the answer to Illinois’ troubles is not a money spigot. It’s a refrain we hear over and over again: to improve education, we need to spend more money. Much more money, in fact. But in reality:…
The news last Monday night was shocking: a young woman was set on fire on the Blue Line, in the Loop, by a man who poured a liquid onto her head and ignited it. The report the next day was…
This blog post is what I’ll ambitiously call the “first of a series” — because I want to demonstrate that we can, and must, move past the old, stale answers that demand government spending as the solution to every problem…
A week ago, Friday, in the wee hours of the morning after the last day of the Veto Session, the Illinois State Senate passed a bill that, if signed by Gov. Pritzker, would legalize assisted suicide. At this point, Pritzker…
As a reminder: The transit bill passed in the middle of the night. The bill’s text was released at 11:02pm, mere hours before the bill was voted on, with revenue provisions and other changes nowhere to be found in prior…
Last Thursday night — or, rather, in the early hours of Friday morning, Illinois ended its veto session by passing three controversial bills: HB1312, the “super-sanctuary state” immigration bill, was passed in the Senate at about 10:30 PM and the…
