Are taxes and bans the future of plastic shopping bags in Illinois?
by LGIS News Service | Jan 28, 2019
The state legislature adjourned before taking action on Senate Bill 1597, which would require Illinois consumers to pay a 5 cent fee for every...
Palos Township Trustee Refuses to Bow to Arab Community's Demands
Written by IllinoisReview.com
PALOS HILLS - The Facebook comments of a township trustee 18 months ago riled Chicago's southwest suburban Muslim community into demanding that trustee resign, but she has refused to...
Data from Illinois’ six largest pension systems show 19,158 former government workers collect annual pensions of more than $100,000, costing those systems nearly $2.4 billion combined in fiscal year 2018.
Six-figure pensioners enrolled in those systems contributed an average of...
The following is an update on the board meeting from Monday the 28th which was a continuation of the previous meeting on the 21st.
On the agenda was the discussion on fines for not getting a permit. They are currently $750...
The most recent board meeting was shortened due to the events on Monday night. The remainder of the meeting will be held this Monday at January 28th beginning at 5PM.
After being informed of the shooting and that the Village Hall...
Prison Reform Should Be a Conservative Priority, Mike Lee Argues
Rachel del Guidice / @LRacheldG
“We've seen what happens when we take away somebody's brother or son or uncle or nephew or father and we warehouse them for decades at a time,”...
Here’s What Opponents of Criminal Justice Reform Get Wrong
John-Michael Seibler / @JSeibler
"It is a profound waste of human capital, at taxpayer expense, to merely warehouse inmates while private and nonprofit entities are offering help," writes John-Michael Seibler. (Photo: txking/Getty Images)
John-Michael...
Nearly 5,000 bills die in Madigan’s Rules Committee
Outgoing state lawmaker says measures that did pass didn’t address pension debt, high property taxes
By Greg Bishop | Illinois News Network
State Rep. Robert Martwick, D-Chicago, and state Rep. Jeanne Ives,...
FUZZY MATH
The “Tax the Rich” Delusion of the Democratic Left
Ever hear anyone on the left spell out exactly how they're going to pay for Medicare for All, free college, and all the rest? Didn't think so.
By Brian Riedl
The Democrats’...
Steve Balich Editors note: As taxes increase property values decrease. That is as simple to understand as the reason so many people are leaving Illinois. Those that work in government and education are now the ruling class. Those not...
