When it was revealed that a CPS school library was closing, due to staffing set backs, parents responded by creating a volunteer schedule for the students to still have access to books. However, CTU stepped in and said no...
Illinois House Democrats re-elected state Rep. Mike Madigan to his longtime post as House Speaker Jan. 11.
Madigan is now set to become the longest-serving House speaker in modern U.S. history. By the end of his two-year term in 2019,...
Judicial Watch Files Lawsuit against Department of Justice Seeking FBI Interviews with Obama, Jarret, and Emanuel Relating to Criminal Investigation of Former Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich
DECEMBER 05, 2016
http://https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6tnMQ9wDNH4
(Washington, DC) – Judicial Watch announced today that it filed a Freedom...
Garry McCarthy, Former Chicago Police Superintendent, joined Dan Proft & Amy Jacobson to discuss the 737 murders and 4,000 shootings in Chicago so far this year. He reminded Proft & Jacobson that murders and shootings were at an all time low...
By Austin Berg
Mike Madigan is the longest-serving House speaker in Illinois history. He controls the legislative map, the legislative process and a property tax law firm that makes millions in Cook County.
But should House Democrats elect Madigan as speaker of the House for the...
‘Lame Duck’ Tax Increase Debated While Both Parties Struggle with Basic Math
Written By John Biver
Anyone paying the least bit of attention to Illinois government knows the state is a fiscal mess, and the ongoing drama being played out between our...
Illinois Policy November 15th 2016
IRS data show the average income of taxpayers leaving Illinois surpassed the average income of taxpayers entering the state by $20,000 in 2014, a record loss for Illinois in the wake of the 2011 income-tax...
Brendan Reilly, alderman for the 42nd ward in Chicago, has a real estate lobbyist, Madeline Doering, as his effective Chief of Staff. Doering represents some of the largest real estate developers in the city, including Wirtz Realty and Fishman...
New IRS data show taxpayers who left had an average income of $77,000 per year, compared with taxpayers who entered Illinois, who had an average income of $57,000 per year.
Not only did Illinois lose tens of thousands more taxpayers...
Cook County Board approves soda tax
The tax, which will go into effect in July 2017, will increase the cost of a 99-cent can of soda to $1.11, and would boost the cost of a 20-ounce bottle to $2.39 from $2.19.
Cook County...
