December 15, 2016   Illinois Policy Illinois’ uncompetitive workers’ compensation system doesn’t just hurt private sector businesses – it is also costing taxpayers more than $400 million per year. When it comes to workers’ compensation costs, Illinois’ political and business leaders...
Imagine the entire population of Peoria, Illinois’ seventh-largest city, all picking up and moving across state lines in one year, never to work, pay taxes or create jobs in Illinois again. That’s equivalent to what happened to Illinois over...
News Release Homer CCSD 33C Goodings Grove   Luther J. Schilling   William E. Young   William J. Butler Hadley Middle   Homer Jr. High   Contact: Charla Brautigam, Communications/Public Relations Manager cbrautigam@homerschools.org | 708-226-7628   For Immediate Release: Dec. 21, 2016   Homer 33C Board of Education approves three-year contract with teachers   To share...
December 16, 2016 Illinois Policy Illinois governors don’t just pass on debt to their successors – they also leave behind a backlog of petitions for clemency. Gov. Bruce Rauner made news Dec. 12 for finally clearing the state’s queue, which spanned clemency...
News From State Representative Mark Batinick   For Immediate Release                                                                      Contact: Debbie Kraulidis December 21, 2016                                                                                                (815) 254-0000   House and Senate GOP Legislators call on Comptroller Mendoza to defend “No Budget No Pay”   PLAINFIELD – A group of sixteen House Republican legislators are calling...
Who said Trump can’t repeal ObamaCare? By Betsy McCaughey November 25, 2016 | 8:40pm Photo: Reuters  Trump promised to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act. Now obstacles are emerging on the left and right. Democrats are sowing panic, falsely predicting that more than 20 million...
Trump’s pick for Labor secretary wrote a deregulatory manifesto Posted on December 16, 2016 by ProPublicaViews: 961 30 Shares This piece, written by by Justin Elliott, was originally published by ProPublica. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wLBcUbgXycs Since President-elect Donald Trump’s announcement that he has picked fast-food CEO Andrew...
What gives, Sullivan? Sun, 12/18/2016 - 7:00am | The News-Gazette By ADAM ANDRZEJEWSKI OpenTheBooks.com Earlier this spring, at OpenTheBooks.com, we identified more than 50,000 Illinois public employees who make at least $100,000 per year. These "highly compensated" public servants cost Illinois taxpayers over $8...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE December 19, 1016 Homer Township Independent Party to Run Slate of Candidates on April 4 Homer Glen, IL – The Homer Township Independent Party will run a full slate of candidates for all nine Homer Township offices in the...
News Release Homer CCSD 33C Goodings Grove   Luther J. Schilling   William E. Young   William J. Butler Hadley Middle   Homer Jr. High   Contact: Charla Brautigam, Communications/Public Relations Manager cbrautigam@homerschools.org | 708-226-7628 Students in Gail Mickelson's social studies classes at Hadley Middle School marked the 243rd anniversary...

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