Illinois Family Institute
Recent News About Illinois Family Institute
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Illinois Family Institute Exec. Director Smith: ‘This is a crisis of confidence in our electoral system, and Illinois voters are right to be concerned’
David E. Smith, Executive Director of the Illinois Family Institute, has voiced strong opposition to the state’s use of multiple languages for voter registration information at DMV offices.
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Illinois Family Institute’s Smith: ‘The invasion of illegal immigrants exploded’ during Biden-Harris administration
David E. Smith, Executive Director of the Illinois Family Institute, has sharply criticized the Biden/Harris administration's immigration policies, attributing a surge in crime in Illinois and other states to a deliberate failure to secure the nation's borders.
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Illinois Family Institute’s Smith: ‘Pritzker and Johnson have a proven track record of supporting policies that are not simply anti-business, but anti-family’
As the Democratic National Convention (DNC) unfolds at Chicago's United Center, David E. Smith, Executive Director of the Illinois Family Institute (IFI), has sharply criticized Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker and Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson for their policies, accusing them of being "anti-family" and "anti-business."
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Bailey signs friend-of-the-court brief in Mississippi abortion case
State Sen. Darren Bailey (R-Xenia) was one of four members of the state’s legislature to sign a friend of the court brief supporting Mississippi’s lawsuit seeking to overturn the Roe v. Wade decision legalizing abortion.
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Illinois Family Institute holds march to protest 'radical comprehensive sex ed bill'
Illinois Family Institute representatives recently held a Jericho prayer march outside the governor’s mansion to protest a bill now being considered by Gov. J.B. Pritzker that would set the stage for comprehensive personal health and safety education to be taught to students as early as kindergarten.
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Illinois Family Institute: Proposed bill allowing sex ed in kindergarten is 'unbelievable'
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Letter to Editor - Illinois Family Institute defends Mary Miller
Pro-life organization alleges that newly elected Congresswoman Mary Miller is being attacked by the left
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Students running afoul of the law now eligible for grants under new RISE act
A controversial new Illinois state law provides financial aid to two groups of prospective college students.
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Illinois Family Institute director: Cullerton indictment furthers popular opinion that politicians are 'all crooks'
A federal indictment against State Sen. Tom Cullerton (D-Villa Park) reveals how the "insatiable greed" of lawmakers is now extending beyond the public coffers into union funds, according to the head of leading family values organization the Illinois Family Institute.
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Illinois Family Institute, others plan Pro-life Rally and Lobby Day on Wednesday
The Illinois Family Institute is partnering with several other pro-life organizations to hold the Pro-life Rally and Lobby Day Wednesday at the state capitol.
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School board group says LGBT education diversity bill is unnecessary
Although a proposed requirement that schools teach about the role LGBT individuals have played in state and national history has passed muster in the Illinois Senate, a school union has come out against the measure.
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Family Institute: Republicans voting for LGBT education bill will be held accountable
Two Republican state senators, Jason Barickman (Bloomington) and Chris Nybo (Elmhurst), voted for legislation that would require lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) lessons in the Illinois public schools, and the head of the Illinois Family Institute (IFI) promises their constituents are going to hear about it. Repeatedly.
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'Inclusive curriculum' legislation aims to promote homosexuality in schools, Illinois Family Institute exec says
The goal behind legislation introduced earlier this year to develop "inclusive curriculum" in Illinois schools to "portray the diversity of our society" isn't about all that, the director of an Illinois-based conservative family advocacy group said during a recent interview.
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Planned Parenthood 'cashing in' on taxpayer-funded abortion law with new Flossmoor clinic and others
The abortion business is revving up in Illinois.
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Chicago GOP leader says Rauner trying buy Republican support
Chicago Republican Party Chairman Chris Cleveland has heard all the rumblings about Gov. Bruce Rauner’s attempt to “buy off” GOP county organizations as part of his re-election effort, but he’s convinced no amount of money in the world can save him from himself.
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Equality Illinois quiet on support for key Republicans who backed transgender birth certificate law
Equality Illinois, a Chicago-based statewide group representing the LGBTQ community that lobbied hard for passage of the new state law that makes it easier for transgender individuals to change the sex designation on their birth certificates, did not return repeated phone calls and email requests from Prairie State Wire on whether the group would endorse the re-election bids of Gov. Bruce Rauner and House Republican Leader Jim Durkin (R-Western Springs), both of whom backed the bill.
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Rauner pulls out as speaker at free market policy seminar
Gov. Bruce Rauner appears to have abandoned any hope of salvaging support from Illinois conservatives during the course of his re-election bid.
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Rauner seen as not so high on the Hog in latest video: 'Just a near-billionaire who likes to ride motorcycles'
Gov. Bruce Rauner announced his re-election bid via a video released on Monday that features him riding a Harley-Davidson across rural, urban and suburban landscapes.
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'Now we’re hoping he seriously considers not running'; conservative groups band together to end Rauner support
Any remaining support for Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner from the conservative, anti-abortion faithful in Illinois was swept away with a statement from 20 groups released late Monday declaring a vote of “no confidence” for the governor after he signed into law House Bill 40, which expands public funding of abortion in Illinois.
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Republicans warn Rauner: Signing abortion funding expansion could be your ticket out
Gov. Bruce Rauner is at risk of alienating not only every Republican in the Legislature but now the entire Republican Congressional Delegation if he signs HB40, the bill that would expand public funding of abortion in Illinois.