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ILLINOIS HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION: Multi-Agency collaboration reduces backlog at the Illinois Human Rights Commission

By Press release submission | Jan 9, 2019

The Illinois Human Rights Commission (HRC) is releasing its first Progress Report on transforming service delivery and addressing the backlog of cases pending before the HRC.

ILLINOIS GOVERNOR BRUCE RAUNER: Illinois Receives $3.7 Million Early Childhood Grant

By Press release submission | Jan 9, 2019

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Skillicorn opposes proposed gas tax

By Kyla Asbury | Jan 8, 2019

State Rep. Allen Skillicorn (R-Crystal Lake) is strongly against a proposed gas tax hike that would give Illinois the highest gas tax in the country.

State Rep. Lou Lang resigns from General Assembly after 30 years to become lobbyist to state lawmakers

By Karen Kidd | Jan 7, 2019

Much maligned state Rep. Lou Lang (D-Skokie), an ally of Illinois's powerful state House Speaker Michael Madigan (D-Chicago), resigned from the General Assembly earlier today after 30 years, only six months after stepping down from a leadership position over a sexual harassment scandal.

LEEF: J.B.’s 21 issues

By Jeffrey Leef | Jan 7, 2019

I have always admired Nobel Prize Laureate Milton Friedman’s calm and surgically precise dismemberment of brainwashed liberals’ who argued with the great man with memorized self-righteous chants of nonsense.

From Chicago City Wire

State GOP chair calls for ban on lawmakers running tax-appeal firms

By Glenn Minnis | 6 years ago

Tim Schneider, chairman of the Illinois Republican Party, says no politician in Illinois should be able to get away with what Chicago Ald. Ed Burke is accused of doing.

Legalized pot leads to more stoners on the road, studies show

By W.J. Kennedy | Jan 4, 2019

Legalization of recreational marijuana use in Illinois will almost certainly lead to a sharp increase in the number of motorists driving stoned, studies and surveys in states where pot is legal show. In Colorado, at least, fatal accidents shot up at an alarming rate during a period when legal adult use began in late 2012 followed by sales in 2014. From 2013 to 2015, traffic fatalities there rose 40 percent.

Skillicorn encourages state GOP to regroup

By Glenn Minnis | Jan 4, 2019

State Rep. Allen Skillicorn (R-East Dundee) views the GOP's losses in November as an opportunity for rebirth.

ISRA's Pearson warns gun rights may slip through loophole

By Glenn Minnis | Jan 4, 2019

Richard A. Pearson, Illinois State Rifle Association (ISRA) executive director, is warning members that what he calls a flaw in the state constitution could make things harder for lawful gun owners.

ILLINOIS EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY: January is ‘Radon Awareness Month' in Illinois

By Press release submission | Jan 4, 2019

Statewide Radon Poster and Video Contests Now Accepting Entries

Former state university employee Anderson paid in $156K to pension fund, could collect $3.4M in retirement

By Local Labs News Service | Jan 1, 2019

Former state university employee Karen Anderson, who retired in December 2018, saved $156,495 toward a pension over 20 years working for state universities, State Universities Retirement System of Illinois records show.