On Oct. 11, the Cook County Board of Commissioners voted to repeal the notorious sweetened beverage tax. Fifteen of the 17 commissioners voted in favor of the repeal, providing enough support to thwart a possible veto of the ordinance....
OP State Rep: "We're all free agents now."
By Cole Lauterbach | Illinois News Network
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With the fall veto session weeks away, Gov. Bruce Rauner says he hopes the Republican caucus "stays...
Column:
Rep. Jeanne Ives attacks Rauner’s weak right flank
Republican state Rep. Jeanne Ives, of Wheaton, speaks during a ceremony at the Pritzker Military Museum and Library on Sept. 27, 2017, in the Loop. (Alyssa Pointer / Chicago Tribune)
John KassContact ReporterChicago...
U.S. Senate panel investigating 'soaring' Medicaid costs in Illinois, 7 other states
Illinois News Network
Sep 27, 2017
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ILLINOIS NEWS NETWORK
The soaring costs of Medicaid expansion in Illinois and seven other U.S. states is under investigation by a U.S....
Rural communities continue to shrink as jobless woes mount
Illinois News Network
September 2017
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ILLINOIS NEWS NETWORK
Illinois rural communities are losing tens of thousands of residents to outmigration as small towns grapple with employment issues.
Illinois experienced a net loss...
Steve Balich Editor Note:
I don't get what the Governor, Senate, and House is thinking! The illegal immigration is a huge issue costing an over taxed citizenship more and more money in education, healthcare, food stamps, prisons, police, and on...
Hello patriots:
ACTION ALERT
Write, phone & email Gov Rauner to Veto Bill SB31 which will make #Illinois a #SanctuaryState.
HOW IMPORTANT the effect Illegal Immigration is having on our state. Harboring criminal illegals is the main reason for Sanctuary Cities which allows these criminals...
Rahm Emanuel: The Renegade Mayor of a Renegade City
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August 9, 2017
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Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s decision to sue the Department of Justice because it’s asking the Chicago Police Department to obey the law...
Collapsing America
Posted on August 7, 2017 by Bob Livingston
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Throughout the history of civilization, empires rise and then fall.
Although the final stages of collapse can be rapid and violent, the actual collapse is gradual and occurs over years and decades. Because of gradualism,...
ILLINOIS NEWS NETWORK
Illinois lawmakers agreed to almost a dozen new pension laws this year. But none of them will address the state's biggest pension problem: The costs.
Of the ten new pension laws that lawmakers agreed to, just three deal...
