Obama’s last act is to force suburbs to be less white and less wealthy By Paul Sperry May 8, 2016 | Modal Trigger President Barack Obama and Housing Secretary Julian CastroPhoto: AP; Gregory P. Mango Hillary’s rumored running mate, Housing Secretary Julian Castro, is cooking...
US judge hands win to Republicans in Obamacare challenge LAWRENCE HURLEY May 12th 2016 1:56PM WASHINGTON, May 12 (Reuters) - A U.S. judge on Thursday handed a victory to congressional Republicans who challenged the implementation of a provision of President Barack Obama's...
The Pentagon Still Hasn’t Decided Who’s In Charge If America Comes Under Cyberattack APRIL 4, 2016BY ALIYA STERNSTEINNEXTGOV Is it NORTHCOM or CYBERCOM? CYBERCOM or the NSA—or both? So many agencies; so little clarity. One of the Pentagon’s key missions is to lend...
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...
May 6, 2016 by Bob Livingston http://https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JgnAWY0RoeE Trump not in their secret society and answers to no one. He is a huge problem to the Establishment grip on power. http://https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0-WdBN5jnUA Never mind that the establishment party hacks and nattering nabobs had cheated...
Where is Your Money Going? By Geoffrey Pike | Friday, May 6, 2016   While President Obama complains about not getting enough credit for the economy, we should ask whether we really have that much to celebrate. Obama says that the unemployment rate is...
  These Charts say it all (All data courtesy of the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis) Have a good day....if you can. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uBn86wMQZDU
Sean Morrison Letter to the Editor/ Cook County fuel tax A 66% tax increase to Cook County’s special use gasoline and fuel tax has been proposed by Commissioner Richard Boykin. This proposed tax increase has been earmarked to fund several...

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