Black Lives Matter, the Chicago Urban League, and Suffering Children Written By Laurie Higgins   |   07.18.16   Recently, ABC 7 Eyewitness News anchor Terrell Brown interviewed Shari Runner, the president and CEO of the Chicago Urban League on the problems...
Nice Brings To Mind Operation Gladio July 18, 2016 | Categories: Articles & Columns | Tags: |  Print This Article Nice Brings To Mind Operation Gladio Paul Craig Roberts Commentators who have learned to distrust official explanations, such as Peter Koenig (http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article45106.htm ) and...
Illinois Policy 7/22/2016 Politicians’ quick answer to the state’s problems is consistently to raise taxes, but evidence shows tax hikes are a negative for families struggling in a state already lacking opportunity. Illinoisans are all too familiar with tax hikes. Chicago...
Aldermen dispute mayor’s claim that refugee resettlement application was made public By Bruce Parker  /   July 20, 2016  /     Photo courtesy of Rutland City Hall MORE SECRECY?: Rutland Mayor Chris Louras says that the availability of the city’s refugee resettlement...
Property-tax hikes have caused taxes on NBA star Dwyane Wade’s former house to more than triple, driving away prospective buyers and showing the harm Illinois’ sky-high property-tax rates inflict on homeowners. Dwyane Wade’s return to his hometown to play for...
Illinois lawmakers earn base salaries of nearly $68,000 for what is essentially part-time work. The past year has been a rough one for many Illinoisans. During the recent budget impasse, residents were inundated with stories of anguish throughout the state. And...
Posted on July 20, 2016 by John Myers Catch-22: Guns, violence and race in America The progressives are ignoring two grave risks to Americans; domestic violence and Islamic terror. At the same time they want to make us more vulnerable by...
ISRA Thursday Bulletin - July 21, 2016   EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR'S MESSAGE The 2016 campaign season is heating up along with the rhetoric.  Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has attacked Donald Trump.  Ginsburg's negative comments regarding a political candidate, while not forbidden,...
7/21/2016 As many of the followers in this FB group know, Homer Glen Village Square Facebook  site is the only place where Homer residents can hold our local government accountable. Last month, we analyzed our assessor’s office and found that Homer...
Every five minutes, Illinois loses a resident to another state.   Paul Kaup’s first job out of high school was tossing luggage at Midway Airport in Chicago. But he always dreamed of taking to the skies. Kaup lives his dream now. He...

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