News reports say that hearings on the Bears/megaprojects bill are scheduled to begin on Thursday in Springfield. At the same time, ongoing reports have made it clear that the ultimate decision lies with Pritzker and a small handful of top…
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…
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…
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…
