Republican Governor Fights Teachers Union Using Liberals Tactics
by Kevin Jackson | Jun 7, 2016
Finally Republicans may be starting to get it.
The Republican governor of Illinois, Bruce Rauner is fighting Liberals using their own tactics. He’s doing it for the...
Why Madigan's Democrats Do What They Do
The Illinois General Assembly has been widely criticized as being a “Do-Nothing” legislature. It’s a popular narrative. Spring Legislative Session ended last week, and the State of Illinois is no closer to pulling out of the decline into...
Working on A Dream
Chicago’s West Side is a war zone. But the casualties can’t be measured by body counts alone.
Dreams die, too, and the American Dream has all but vanished in neighborhoods such as North Lawndale, Garfield Park and...
Stephanie Soechtig, of the Katie Couric-hosted documentary about guns in America (Under The Gun), joined Dan Proft & Amy Jacobson on Chicago’s Morning Answer. Listen now to the interview that turned into a rhetorical shootout.
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Transcript
Dan Proft: Dan and Amy, and I...
ALLOWING MUNICIPAL BANKRUPTCY MUST BE PRIORITY FOR ILLINOIS
MARK GLENNON June 7, 2016
OPINION
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hnGExrTcRcs
In the dozens of articles you probably read in the last few months about our fiscal crisis, what’s the universal omission? A solution.
No analyst, officeholder or commentator has...
Regularly scheduled spring session ended on May 31st, but the State of Illinois remains in an unprecedented financial situation. We return to Springfield this Wednesday.
Still No Budget
As I’m sure you know by now Speaker Madigan attempted...
A Weekend in Chicago: Where Gunfire Is a Terrifying Norm
JUNE 4, 2016
Three days, 64 people shot, six of them dead: Memorial Day on the streets, and the violence that has engulfed families and neighborhoods.
Videos by Craig Duff, Todd Heisler...
Stuck in traffic on I-55 after an IDOT hearing on adding a tolled lane to that highway, I was late for preschool pickup and paid the price -- $10 plus guilt. Had there been the option of paying a...
On a single day in 2011, Illinois lawmakers introduced and passed the largest tax hike in modern state history in a matter of hours.
And on May 25, 2016, House Democrats introduced and passed a 500-page budget billin 90 minutes.
Something...
March 24, 2016
Top 20 State Legislator Pension Recipients
By Mark Wachtler
March 24, 2016. Springfield. (ONN) Illinois and Chicago may have the most bankrupt and unfunded pension funds in the country. But for members of the elite establishment - former State...
