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...
Property taxes outstrip Texans’ incomes
By Kenric Ward / May 30, 2016 / News / 10 Comments
Senate Select Committee on Property Tax Reform and Relief
WIDENING GAP: Increases in local property taxes are more than...
Four years ago today I founded Turning Point USA.
What started as an idea has now become a nationwide movement of young people on college and high school campuses across the country.
I am humbled by the overwhelming commitment and support...
We agree to let this happen with our silence
The President according to article 2 Section 2 of the Constitution does not have the authority to make LAW. Making laws is reserved to the Congress. Likewise Article 3 does not give...
Vague Promises of Debt Relief for Greece
By THE EDITORIAL BOARD MAY 30, 2016 NY Times
The Greek Parliament building last week. CreditAngelos Tzortzinis/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images
European leaders congratulated themselves last week for reaching an agreement to provide more loans to...
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...
Heritage Scholar a Threat to Safety on Stanford Campus? Stanford’s Acting Unlawfully.
Andrew Kloster
Heritage’s Ryan T. Anderson speaks on marriage at Boston College last year. Photo: The Heights
Ryan T. Anderson talks a lot about marriage. Heritage’s William E. Simon fellow...
Commentary By
Andrew Kloster
Andrew R. Kloster is a legal fellow in the Edwin Meese III Center for Legal and Judicial Studies at The Heritage Foundation, focusing on civil rights, the role of the federal courts and other constitutional issues.
You’d be...
Gary L Good 2016 Memorial Day Speech – Channahon IL
Memorial Day Remember the DifferenceGood morning. It is an honor to be here today speaking with you on this important American Commemoration Day. Before I begin, I want to say...
