How ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ May Be Too Close To Reality In California
What if it already has happened here, and we didn’t notice because we focused on ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’s’ religious hang-ups rather than its comments on the intersection of...
The majority of major cities in Illinois are shrinking as the Land of Lincoln depopulates due to massive out-migration to other states.
But while most of Illinois’ cities and towns are continuing to shrink, the majority of cities and towns...
Watch President Donald J. Trump's Weekly Address:
TODAY'S EVENTS
10:20 AM LOCAL / 4:20 AM EDT: President Trump has a bilateral meeting with Prime Minister Shinzō Abe of Japan
11:45 AM LOCAL / 5:45 AM EDT: President Trump participates in the welcome...
Brendan Bakala
/ JOBS + GROWTH
MAY 18, 2017
The plant will close its doors by July 17 and offer some employees relocation opportunities.
Butterball announced that it will close its Montgomery-based facility, costing 600 jobs. The Montgomery plant specialized in bacon processing...
ISRA Thursday Bulletin - May 25, 2017
Executive Director's Message
On Tuesday, May 16, 2017, SB1657 came out of the House Judiciary Criminal Committee (the vote was 7-6). When looking at committee votes don't be fooled by the margin. The margins...
Watch highlights from President Donald J. Trump's visit to Jerusalem and Bethlehem:
TODAY'S EVENTS
10:30 AM LOCAL / 4:30 AM EDT: President Trump participates in an expanded bilateral meeting with European Union leadership
1:00 PM LOCAL / 7:00 AM EDT: President Trump...
Call to Action
IL Senator McConchie Outlines the Simplicity of the Budget Crisis
Written By John Biver Two years after the “temporary” income tax expired, rapacious Springfield lawmakers are once again working toward raising our taxes, supposedly in order to solve the state’s...
Illinois Policy May 2017
Illinois had the nation’s highest black unemployment rate in 2016, according to annual unemployment data released by the federal Bureau of Labor Statistics, or BLS. Only 51 percent of black adults reported having some form of work in...
Since Obamacare was implemented, premiums for individual health care policies have increased on average by 105 percent since 2013, according to an HHS report released last night. The average American on the individual market is paying nearly $3,000 more...
Brendan Bakala
/ JOBS + GROWTH
MAY 12, 2017
A new survey from Harris Poll for Express Employment Professionals shows that nearly half of unemployed people in Illinois have given up looking for work.
Forty-four percent of unemployed Illinoisans have given up on...
