“Scholarship,” “voucher,” “tax shelter for the wealthy:” What’s really in IL school funding bill?
The new Illinois school funding formula "created a tax shelter for the wealthy and a voucher program…"
Immigrant tale twists branches of Bruce Rauner’s family tree
By Bob Secter
, Matt Dietrich
September 5, 2017 "My grandparents were proud immigrants to the United States of America, here to Illinois in the late 1800s. My grandparents did not speak English when…
Illinois schools as immigrant “sanctuaries?” If only they read the bill
Public schools, colleges and state-funded day care centers "will be made into sanctuaries by Bruce Rauner signing SB 31."
Jeff Sessions stretches to link “criminal aliens” and Chicago crime
Chicago city officials "have adopted an official policy of protecting criminal aliens who prey on their own residents."
Scoop, toss and spin: Digging into Rahm Emanuel’s budget claim
"Every one of the financial bad management practices that I inherited, every one of them, have either been eliminated or cut significantly."
Chicago soda tax throws a batting practice fastball to Illinois Policy Institute
The new tax will make soda sold in Chicago among the most expensive in the country.
Rauner’s Chicago schools “bailout” claim rooted in political histrionics, not numbers
As written, the (Illinois school funding) bill includes a bailout of Chicago’s broken teacher pension system.
Fake news alert: Vin Diesel names Rockford his favorite city
Said Vin Diesel declared his love of Rockford, Ill., after locals provided him car help and hospitality.
Trump no marksman when aiming at Chicago gun laws
In Chicago, which has the toughest gun laws in the United States, probably you could say by far, they have more gun violence than any…
Bruce Rauner pits father against daughter in Illinois workers’ comp battle
Even our attorney general who is a strong Democrat, she has said that we need causation in our workers’ comp system. That’s the No. 1…
Tammy Duckworth hits Mark Kirk for military embellishments
Mark Kirk’s claim of national security expertise is "based on his military record which he lied about at least 10 times."
Bruce Rauner’s school funding cut charge no more accurate today than in 2014
Democrats "are cutting our school funding. Four times in the last 10 years before we came into office."