Steve Balich Editors note:  You ask why the unfunded pension liability is out of control, and the answer is Total Democrat Control. The Future of our Country and our State are at risk of demise due to decisions by...
Slowik: South suburban voters sent Cook County a message on taxes. Will commissioners listen? Ted SlowikContact ReporterDaily Southtown As this unusually cold and snowy November draws to a close, Richton Park Mayor Rick Reinbold would like to call some election results...
Under Illinois’ new education funding formula, the wildly mismanaged Chicago school district won’t lose a dime in state funding, no matter how many students it loses. Illinois’ new education funding formula signed into law in August gave the Chicago Public...
EXCLUSIVE– Sen. Durbin Spills the Beans on Amnesty: Admits ‘DREAM Act’ a Ploy for Open-Ended Amnesty Mark Wilson/Getty Images by JOHN BINDER AND NEIL MUNRO7 Oct 2017Washington, D.C.2,953 Democratic leader Sen. Richard Durbin confirmed to Breitbart News that the Dream Act amnesty is...
OP State Rep: "We're all free agents now." By Cole Lauterbach | Illinois News Network Illinois State Capitol Yinan Chen | Wikimedia Commons ILLINOIS NEWS NETWORK 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...
    Will County officials want to reduce tax levy by $1M; raise court fees Susan DeMar LaffertyContact Reporter Daily Southtown Will County officials may be forced to cut another $1 million out of their proposed budget after the Finance Committee voted Tuesday to...
Will County Board's Balich wants to keep the cutting coming POLITICS S. Laney Griffo | Sep 25, 2017 Will County Board member Steve Balich is running for re-election with the goal of eliminating unnecessary government and saving taxpayer money. Balich, elected in 2012, is running...
Pat Hughes Joins Chicago's Morning Answer (560-AM) To Discuss SCOTUS Case Janus v. AFSCME WATCH: Pat Hughes on Janus v. AFSCME And Why Plaintiff Mark Janus Will Win  “In the case of public sector unions, it’s all political speech, everything they’re doing is political and...
Tax Foundation: IL would still have to compete with other states if federal tax reform happens By Greg Bishop | Illinois News Network Shutterstock photo ILLINOIS NEWS NETWORK Proposed federal tax reform would lower federal corporate tax rates from 35 to 20...

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