ROSEMONT MAYOR TO RECEIVE 53 PERCENT PAY HIKE — TO $260,000 A YEAR   August 13, 2016 Illinois Policy Trustees in Rosemont, Ill., voted to hike their mayor’s salary to $260,000 – a 53 percent raise. Though the village is small in population, residents...
Will County fears impact of state's fiscal woes State Senators Jennifer Bertino-Tarrant, D-Plainfield, and Mike Connelly, R-Naperville, discuss the state's fiscal woes with Will County's legislative committee. (Susan DeMar Lafferty / Daily Southtown) Susan DeMar LaffertyContact ReporterDaily Southtown 8/11/2016 Two state senators...
Last Friday saw the release of a bombshell jobs report, with headlines exclaiming that the U.S. economy added over 250,000 jobs in July, far in excess of any forecasts. The reality was far more grim. Those “jobs” weren’t actually...
Rebuilding the Middle Class One Good Job at a Time August 4, 2016 Newt Gingrich   This year’s presidential campaign has revealed much about the state of the union in 2016, but surely one of the most important revelations has been the existence...
The truth about Social Security and a new government retirement scam Posted on August 1, 2016 by Bob LivingstonViews: 9,975 717 Shares Last month the Board of Trustees for Social Security wrote in itsannual report on the program that the major parts...
You and I knew Illinois’s political system was broken. But I have to admit it’s even worse than I thought – and that’s saying something because I thought it was pretty bad. You supported me because I said I was...
War on Taxpayers: AFSCME Threatens to Strike By Pat Hughes   Last week, Democrats gathered in Philadelphia for their national convention. Among other things, they extolled the virtues of organized labor and government workers. This week, voters in Illinois are facing a...
BREAKING: Did Hillary Arm Terrorists? 08/03/2016 Source: National Review by: Andrew McCarthy   As U.S. armed forces attack ISIS in Libya, WikiLeaks is poised to remind us that ISIS is in Libya — indeed, that ISIS is ISIS — thanks...
The Will County Republican Central Committee Presents Our Annual Lincoln Day Dinner 2016 "Honoring Legends and Leaders of Illinois” Wednesday, August 10, 2016 6:00 Chairman’s Reception 7:00 Dinner & Program Bolingbrook Golf Club 2001 Rodeo Drive, Bolingbrook Featuring Illinois Leaders  Governor Bruce Rauner Congressman Randy Hultgren Lieutenant Governor Evelyn Sanguinetti Comptroller...
      THE TAX SYSTEM EXPLAINED IN BEER: Suppose that every day, ten men go out for beer and the bill for all ten comes to $100.   If they paid their bill the way we pay our taxes, it would go something like this...   The first four...

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