State Rep. Jeanne Ives (R-Wheaton) made it official on Monday that she is challenging incumbent Gov. Bruce Rauner in the Republican primary. After three years in office, Rauner nearly went out of his way to invite the challenge, according to a cover story for the Dec. 18 edition of the nation’s leading conservative magazine, National Review.
Rep. Jeanne Ives (R-Wheaton) ended all the suspense on Monday, officially announcing she will take on Gov. Bruce Rauner in the 2018 Republican primary.
State Rep. Jeanne Ives (R-Wheaton) said the acquittal last week in San Francisco of an illegal immigrant of murder shows how Gov. Bruce Rauner betrayed Illinoisans when, in August, he signed a statewide sanctuary bill into law.
Regarding the debate over whether conservatives should be more involved in politics or should focus more on the so-called culture wars, Maggie Gallagher, senior fellow at the American Principles Project, offers some sobering statistics.
Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner almost exercised his amendatory veto power on a sexual harassment bill, but due to the recent pending investigations at the statehouse, he said the bill had to be signed.
A powerful national group of anti-abortion attorneys has filed a lawsuit on behalf of hundreds of thousands of Illinois taxpayers against House Bill 40, legislation that provides public funds for elective abortions that Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner signed into law in late September.
Noah Rothman isn’t bashful about taking the position that Michigan Rep. John Conyers, now facing growing allegations of sexual harassment, is no longer fit to serve as a U.S. Congressman.
Former state school employee Karen Stauffer, who retired in November 2017, saved $121,506 toward a pension over 19 years working for public schools, Teachers' Retirement System of the State of Illinois records show.