ILLINOIS BUDGET PROPOSAL WITH MULTI-BILLION TAX HIKES, CUTS SENT TO TOP OFFICIALS
KEVIN HOFFMAN
REBOOT STAFF
MAY 12, 2016 1473 2
With just more than two weeks remaining in the legislative session, a group of rank-and-file legislators Thursday sent a budget...
Editors Note: When did a law become a law without a vote by the legislature? Why is the 10th Amendment to the Constitution ignored and our Elected Officials do nothing? Why does anything that destroys our culture, tradition, morality,...
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Chicago FOP President: Police Facing Unprecedented Level of Disrespect
On this edition of Against The Current, Dan Proft has a riveting conversation with Dean Angelo, Sr., President of Chicago Fraternal Order of Police Lodge 7.
Angelo says the claim of systemic...
Obama’s last act is to force suburbs to be less white and less wealthy
By Paul Sperry
May 8, 2016 |
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President Barack Obama and Housing Secretary Julian CastroPhoto: AP; Gregory P. Mango
Hillary’s rumored running mate, Housing Secretary Julian Castro, is cooking...
ISRA Thursday Bulletin - May 12, 2016
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR'S MESSAGE
Next week the NRA Annual Meeting will be held in Louisville, Kentucky. If you can find any way at all to get there, I urge you to do so. The ISRA...
Many Illinoisans sense their property taxes are out of control, but not all of them know more than 60 percent of property-tax revenue goes toward their local school districts.
Illinois has 859 local school districts – the fifth-most in the nation....
The Democrat-controlled Illinois General Assembly and the Chicago City Council and are struggling to rally support for their so-called progressive agendas. (Antonio Perez / Chicago Tribune)
Editorial Board May 7, 2016
Sea change usually doesn't wash over the political environs of...
Austin Berg 5/6/2016 Illinois Policy Institute
When tough times befall the U.S. economy, it’s important that state governments are able to keep their doors open. It’s also essential that states are financially prepared for this scenario, so politicians don’t resort...
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The Social Security Administration (SSA) is proposing to report people who receive disability benefits and have a mental health condition to the FBI’s background check system.
The proposal, which stems from a memorandum that President Obama issued in 2013, would...
Obama Commutes Prison Term for 'New Jack City' Crack Dealer
Working for a kingpin who terrorized Chicago Heights, Artrez Nyroby Seymour sold crack outside a school for years. He'll be free on Sept. 2.
Shared from the Chicago Heights, IL Patch
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