Illinois House passes bill to allow residents to dissolve townships Illinois has nearly 7,000 units of local government – around 1,400 of those are townships. On March 29, the Illinois House of Representatives voted almost unanimously in favor of allowing voters to decide on local government...
The level of government that most affects your family is much closer to home than the White House or the halls of Congress. Your local government - city council, county commissioners, school board, etc. - is the level of governance responsible...
  Election Day is Tuesday, April 4. News Release Homer CCSD 33C Goodings Grove   Luther J. Schilling   William E. Young   William J. Butler Hadley Middle   Homer Jr. High   Contact: Charla Brautigam, Communications/Public Relations Manager cbrautigam@homerschools.org | 708-226-7628   For Immediate Release: Feb. 24, 2017   Catch a recorded livestream of...
New government data show that Illinois’ unfunded government worker retirement debt has reached a record $267 billion, up from $203 billion in 2010. That means each Illinois household can expect to pay more than $56,000 in additional future taxes to...
$625,000 is price Lockport Township pays for Administrative incompetence.   FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: John Barbush 708-705-1775 Lockport Township Concerned Citizens Lockport, IL. According to the Illinois Appellate Court, last November 2, 2016, a long and drawn out case since 2000 finally concluded that...
Mayor tells President Trump to go fly a kite Posted on March 16, 2017 by Special To Personal LibertyViews: 1,795 159 Shares The Center for American Progress (CAP), a Washington, D.C., think tank Hillary Clinton’s former campaign manager John Podesta founded, has...
Statement from the Rockford Teaparty March 25, 2017 Ahhh the good ole days when we knew who our opposition was...That was just about 6 short months ago when Obama still held the reigns of power in Washington and across the...
News From State Representative Mark Batinick   For Immediate Release                                                                      Contact: Debbie Kraulidis March 24, 2017                                                                                                         (815) 254-0000   Batinick, Skillicorn file legislation to give Comptroller greater discretion following court ruling on legislator pay   SPRINGFIELD – In response to the recent court ruling authorizing...
Appellate Court Upholds Municipal Ordinance That Reduces Vacation Buy-Back Benefit For Retiring Employees  March 22, 2017 by Robbins Schwartz The 4th District Court of Appeals in Springfield has upheld a municipal ordinance discontinuing the opportunity for city employees to sell...
More than 50 percent of the state’s $4.1 billion budget for public universities is spent on retirement costs alone. From Illinois Policy March 2017   Joni Sorce feels conned. Her daughter graduated from Illinois State University in 2014. They now share more than...

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