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OPINION: Hey, Pritzker, leave them kids alone
A COVID vaccine is now widely available to children five and up across Illinois.
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OPINION: Jump in inflation bails out Illinois politicians, punishes ordinary residents
There’s a price tag attached to the unprecedented federal money lavished on states under the pretext of COVID relief, which is over $9 trillion and growing. It’s in addition to higher federal taxes that will be needed to pay for it. It’s inflation, which is finally getting the attention it deserves.
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'COVID continues to largely spare the lives of Illinois children' according to analysis of CDC, IDPH data
COVID-19's Delta variant isn't more dangerous to children, a right-leaning public policy publication said in a recent analysis of U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) data
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OP-ED: Governor Pritzker, It’s You Who Must Answer Justice Kavanaugh’s Questions On Eviction Bans
Nothing in Gov. JB Pritzker’s emergency orders on COVID is more egregiously unjust, tyrannical and arbitrary than his moratorium on residential evictions.
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Conrad: 'Do I, a healthy, unmasked person, cause a real threat to the public?'
Tim Conrad is warning parents across Illinois they could be next after he was recently hit with trespassing charges at a local school board meeting for not wearing a mask in violation of Gov. J.B.
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Tucker: 'I don't think the mandates have really done anything, obviously, to stop the virus'
Labeling all the mandates and lockdowns “a bridge too far,” Libertarian Party of Illinois Executive Director Justin Tucker is saluting parents for “making their voices heard” against what he sees as Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s ongoing abuse on the COVID-19 front.
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Pritzker's latest mask mandates: 'It's always fear and confusion'
Wirepoints President Ted Dabrowski has grown tired of what he sees as the Pritzker way.
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Dabrowski: ‘We’ve been arguing' it’s time for the governor to ‘give up his executive power’ related to COVID-19
As COVID-19 cases drop and vaccines become more readily available, Gov. J.B. Pritzker faces criticisms for not loosening state restrictions after a year to allow for economic recovery.
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Illinois’ record pension debt jumps to over $300 billion
A new Moody’s reports details that the state’s pension debt grew by $56 billion in 2020 to total $317 billion overall.
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Retirement costs consume 26 percent of state's budget
The percentage of Illinois’ state budget consumed by its statutory retirement costs beats out every state in the nation, Wirepoints reports.
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OP-ED: They Aren’t Telling The Truth About Illinois’ Pending ‘Culturally Responsive Teaching Standards”
Distortion and dishonesty are endemic in Illinois government, but rarely as blatant as what is being said to defend CRTLS — the Culturally Responsive Teaching and Leading Standards now pending for Illinois K-12 schools.
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OP-ED: Want to save more Illinoisans from COVID? Vaccinate the elderly first
For months, Gov. J.B. Pritzker has used lockdowns as his main way to handle the COVID pandemic, ignoring calls for him to focus on the elderly instead.
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Same old bad news in new 2020 Illinois pension report belies far worse reality – Wirepoints
On the surface, a new report on Illinois’ state-level pensions is bad enough: The official unfunded liability of the five state pensions grew to $144 billion in 2020 – a record high, and a $7 billion increase in just one year. That’s according to COGFA, the Commission on Government Forecasting and Accountability’s latest special pension report.
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Dabrowski blasts state Democrats over canceled session: 'Taxpayers everywhere should be appalled'
Wirepoints President Ted Dabrowski has a one-track mind when it comes to getting the state’s long-muddled finances in order.
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Dabrowski applauds defeat of governor's tax plan: 'He should be talking about pension reform'
Wirepoints President Ted Dabrowski is saluting Illinois voters for finally taking more of their destiny into their own hands.
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OPINION: COVID-19 Debate Infected By Fallacy Of Averages
Can you walk across a river with an average depth of five feet?
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New CDC Estimates: Fatality Rate For COVID-19 Drops Again And May Surprise You – Wirepoints
What’s are the real chances of dying if you are infected with COVID-19? You’ll probably be surprised how low they are according to new numbers from the Center for Disease Control. We’ll state those numbers simply for those of you who aren’t crazy about math.
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COMMENTARY: Illinois And The Mail-In Voting Election Mess
The Illinois General Assembly held no hearings when it passed legislation this spring to vastly expand mail-in voting in the state. That’s right, no hearings were held on historic changes to the most important element of a democratic republic – the voting process. The legislation passed both houses on a nearly straight party line vote with Democrats supporting and Republicans opposing.
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Wirepoints founder blasts Illinois Clean Energy Jobs Act as 'insane'
Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker wants to move swiftly to develop and pass clean energy legislation with willing partners in an open and transparent process, according to a tweet on Twitter about the Clean Energy Jobs Act (CEJA) by the Environmental, Business & Labor Coalition.
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Op-Ed: Illinois, Get Real If You Truly Want The Federal Money You Banked On
To make its current budget, Illinois pretended it had already pocketed about $5 billion of help from Congress to make up for tax revenue shortfalls caused by the pandemic. It will need at least that much to repay short term borrowing it plans on taking from the Federal Reserve Bank.