From Illinois Policy August 2017 The Illinois State Board of Education, or ISBE, on Aug. 12 released the results of Gov. Bruce Rauner’s amendatory veto of Senate Bill 1, a school funding plan. The results are favorable to an overwhelming number of...
The Associated Press wants to help you identify transgender two-year-olds Posted on August 8, 2017 by Sam Rolley Imagine battling your child over whether right now is the appropriate time for another cookie, dealing with the epic nap-time battle and then, after your youngster...

Fairness

 From Illinois Policy August 2017 For years, proponents of a new education funding formula for Illinois have talked about bringing equity and fairness to education finance. Gov. Bruce Rauner took a major step toward that goal when he used his...
News From State Representative Mark Batinick For Immediate Release         Contact: Rep. Batinick     (815) 254-0000 Rep. Batinick, Troy Township to Host Women’s Self-Defense Class in Shorewood   8/7/2017 SHOREWOOD–State Representative Mark Batinick (R-Plainfield) in partnership with Troy Township will host a Women’s Self-Defense...
The epidemic that's gripping our nation By Jason Stutman Written Sunday, August 6, 2017 On Wednesday, the Department of Justice (DOJ) unveiled a new "opioid fraud and abuse detection unit", designed to prosecute doctors and pharmacists handing it out like candy. In a statement,...
The Left Is Burying Vital Information About Child Safety From Mommy Underground August 2017 It is common knowledge that government agencies kick the can down the road and make strategic decisions affecting everyday Americans. There are literally hundreds of agencies and government...
Trump administration to tackle racist college admission programs Posted on August 2, 2017 by Sam Rolley 38 Shares The Trump administration Department of Justice is preparing to use funding from the agency’s civil rights division to investigate whether affirmative action policies in university admissions intentionally discriminate...
Watch now. http://https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oCFGx7Vvphk Governor Rauner has used his amendatory veto on Democrats' School Funding Bill. They say that Rauner and Republicans are hostile to Chicago schoolchildren. Has Democrat rhetoric on school-funding changed at all in the past 40 years? What's next for...
GOP lawmakers: CPS receives preferential treatment in school funding bill By Cole Lauterbach | Illinois News Network ILLINOIS NEWS NETWORK At the center of the school funding argument is the preferential treatment that Gov. Bruce Rauner and Republican lawmakers say Chicago...
"What the CBO’s health care analysis doesn’t report" - Joel L. Strom in The Washington Times In The Washington Times today, Joel L. Strom argues because the Republican Obamacare replacement would expand individual tax credits and Health Savings Accounts, as well as deregulate...

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