Daily Dose of Chicago Corruption
8/25/15 – Illinois Comptroller announces state will not pay social service agencies in direct violation of a court order due to lack of funds. – Chicago Sun Times.
8/25/15 – The University of Illinois Provost is...
Veterans Administration Reforms That Will Make America Great Again
The Goals Of Donald J. Trump’s Veterans Plan
The current state of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is absolutely unacceptable. Over 300,000 veterans died waiting for care. Corruption and incompetence were...
Charley Reese's Final column!
545 people are responsible for the mess, but they unite in a common con
February 3, 1984|By Charley Reese
(This column was originally published in the Orlando Sentinel on Feb. 3, 1984.)
Politicians are the only people in the...
Find Out How Your Congressman Voted on the Boehner-Obama Budget Deal
Melissa Quinn / @MelissaQuinn97 / October 28, 2015 /
The House passed a two-year budget agreement, 266-167. The budget deal was the result of weeks of negotiations...
Editors Note: So our Republicans we elected to defund Obamacare and Amnesty want to do a 2 year budget funding everything Obama wants at an increase to debt our children and grandchildren will pay to the tune of 85...
Republican Commissioners serving on the Will County Forest Preserve, believing in less taxes and smaller government, have no desire to raise taxes and grow government. Forest Preserve Staff originally proposed large raises, land purchases, dipping into cash reserves, and...
Proponents of property-tax hikes in Chicago say the city's property taxes are low and residents can afford to pay more.
What they fail to mention is that, compared to other major cities across the U.S., Chicago’s property taxes are 10th highest...
When Ben Carson Is Pressed on His Anti-Abortion Stance, He Quietly Throws Down a Challenge to Those Who ‘Would Like to Kill a Baby’
Oct. 25, 2015 5:40pm Dave Urbanski
During Ben Carson’s “Meet the...
It's no secret that China is the largest holder of U.S. debt.
So should Americans be concerned that China has started dumping some of its Treasury holdings?
After all, it raises serious questions about whether China will keep lending Washington money...
For the first time Kristen McQueary speaks publicly about the repercussions from her Hurricane Katrina column. And, as someone who has covered Chicago and Illinois politics for the past 15 years, she offers candid assessments of Mayor Rahm Emanuel,...
