Gov. Bruce Rauner signed a stopgap budget and education funding measure into law late Thursday.
After weeks of struggling to come to an agreement, Republicans and Democrats have settled on Senate Bill 1810, which will fund government operations for the next six...
O Kinzinger, Where Art Thou on Mark Kirk?
Written by Laurie Higgins
In a Chicago Sun Times article, U.S. Representative Adam Kinzinger (R-Rockford) says Donald Trump“needs to begin to act like… someone worthy of Abraham Lincoln and Ronald Reagan’s job.”
Kinzinger says he agrees “100 percent”...
What does it mean?
Hopefully, a breakup of the EU and NATO and, thereby, the avoidance of World War III.
By Paul Craig Roberts 6/27/2016 American Free Press
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nbdOsMeVrLw
The EU and NATO are evil institutions. These two institutions are...
AFSCME HEALTH BENEFITS, WAGES OUT OF SYNC WITH WHAT ILLINOIS TAXPAYERS CAN AFFORD
By Ted Dabrowski, John Klingner 6/25/2016
Health insurance premiums for the average Illinoisan have risen dramatically over the past several years. Copays have also spiked, and access to doctors...
Illinois House Speaker Mike Madigan’s insistence that Chicago Public Schools receive more than its fair share of state education funding is putting any stopgap budget deal at risk.
With the chance for a full-year 2017 budget deal all but dead,...
Puerto Rico is bankrupt: Is your city or state next?
By Andrew Collins
Wednesday, June 22nd, 2016
Cracks in the dam
“A new crack has appeared in the dam that restrains a great lake of federal, state, and local debt from inundating the country.”
So...
Editors note: As an American citizen I understand the failed concept of taking everyone's money and property and putting it into a bowl for everyone to share equally. I also get the concept of power created by the marriage...
NASHVILLE | BY TIM GHIANNI
Tennessee Republican Governor Bill Haslam listens during the National Governors Association Winter Meeting in Washington, February 22, 2014.
REUTERS/MIKE THEILER/FILE PHOTO
http://https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uAfeyq9AuKc
Educators and other full-time staffers at Tennessee's public state universities and colleges will soon be able...
Florida couple still fighting for their vegetable garden
By Eric Boehm / June 20, 2016
http://https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a1INZdQ5dWE
http://https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8yQ-Qv4JY_8
On one hand, the government says it wants Americans to eat healthy.
On the other, there’s this story about a couple in Florida being forced...
After Puerto Rico’s collapse, is your city or state next?
By Jon Cassidy / June 6, 2016 / News / 9 Comments
This island of 3.6 million is losing residents, who are fleeing massive government...
