No is expecting lawmakers to tackle the problem of the budget deficit when the General Assembly reconvenes on January 12. Without any Republican support, House Speaker Michael Madigan (D-Chicago) refused to put any muscle behind the various income tax increase bills last spring. And in the months since, the politics of the [...]
Beverly Perlson, head of "The Band of Mothers" was featured on Fox & Friends early Friday morning. The Band of Mothers is coordinating with Tea Party activists to organize a rally shortly before a General Assembly hearing Tuesday, December 22, 1:00 PM at the Sterling High School in Sterling IL.
If you can't' [...]
Madigan: Quinn Can Sell Thomson
According to a 16-page opinion, Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan
says Gov. Pat Quinn can close and sell the Thomson Correctional Center
without legislative approval. State law allows governors to sell
surplus property without involving the General Assembly in every sale.
Another year passed without the General Assembly closing the most significant loophole in the 2005 Payday Loan Reform Act. That means many strapped borrowers looking for some flexibility before the holidays will be exposed to small-dollar consumer installment loans (CILA) that carry a big risk of long-term debt.
In front of [...]
Let's recap what recent campaign reforms have brought us:
In 2007, the politicians in the Illinois General Assembly moved the Illinois primary to February in order to help one of it's own (Barack Obama) in the Presidential Primary. No coincidentally, the move had the added benefit of making any challenges [...]
