Written by David E. Smith
GOOD NEWS: The Illinois House adjourned yesterday for the session (sine die). This means the ERA is effectively dead. Feminists and other Leftists will have to start from square one in the new session, which starts on January 14, 2015, with a slightly more conservative General Assembly.
We expect the Illinois Senate to adjourn today for the session. The Senate sponsor of a terrible divorce bill (worse than no-fault) will not call it for a vote because there are too many concerns with the bill.… Continue Reading
Written by Michael Lucci
Illinois’ sluggish jobs recovery is coming at a tremendous cost. For every post-recession job created in Illinois, nearly two people have enrolled in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, commonly known as food stamps.
In the recession era, the number of Illinoisans dependent on food stamps has risen by 745,000. Without adequate job creation in the state, Illinois families have had no choice but to depend upon food stamps to put bread on the table.… Continue Reading
Written by Russ Stewart
The outcome of Illinois’ gubernatorial race proves anew that any mother’s son can grow up to be governor, provided that he can self-fund $28 million and raise another $60 million.
Republican Bruce Rauner‘s win also reaffirms another pearl of wisdom: Bad always gets worse. If Illinoisans thought that state government was incompetent and leadership was dysfunctional under the Quinn-Madigan-Cullerton Democratic regime, they ain’t seen nothing yet.
The 2018 campaign for governor started on Nov.… Continue Reading
Tags: Bill Brady, Bruce Rauner, Chad Grimm, John Cullerton, Judy Baar Topinka, Lisa Madigan, Michael Madigan, Pat Quinn, Rich Whitney, Rod Blagojevich, Scott Lee Cohen
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November 21, 2014 7:34 AM | 
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Written by John Biver
Glenn Poshard’s pension is high — and he’s not alone. Here’s an excerpt from an article in the Chicago Sun-Times by Chuck Neubauer, Patrick Rehkamp and Sandy Bergo of the Better Government Association:
One of the big problems Gov.-elect Bruce Rauner will face is what to do about the state’s public pension crisis.
He doesn’t need to go any farther than a member of his own transition team, Glenn Poshard, to get a close-up look at some of the factors fueling the crisis.
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While conventional wisdom argues that the Durbin/Oberweis contest was a cakewalk and the Quinn/Rauner race was a squeaker, James Newman of Northern Illinois University says, in fact, it is just the opposite.
Using an analytic tool called Rank-Mobility Index (RMI), Newman concludes that while Quinn had won only four counties in 2010, his vote margins were slim and he was carried to victory on the strength of the overwhelming margin in the perennial Democratic stronghold of Cook County.… Continue Reading
Before the election, the Christian Emergency League challenged believers to not just vote for the lesser of two evils but only for those who deserve our vote. Those who deserve our vote must at least speak for the unborn and recognize God’s establishment of the family based on husband and wife. This we submit is a minimum.
What we see unfortunately in Illinois is that most voters in our state are not concerned with such when it comes to voting.… Continue Reading
Written by Pastor John Kirkwood
While Sandra Fluke and the “Abortion Barbie” – Wendy Davis were soundly defeated on Tuesday night and all over the country thrilling Pro-Life victories were taking place, Mammon and Moloch stole the show in Illinois. With Bruce Rauner’s victory in the gubernatorial election, there’s a new sheriff in town and he’s not partial to the unborn or to Biblical marriage.
Illinois was the cesspool that polluted the nation with Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, Valerie Jarrett, and David Axelrod, all graduates of the Paul Alinsky School of Soft Insurrection.
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Tags: Barack Obama, Bruce Rauner, Charles Krauthammer, David Axelrod, Democrat Party, Doug Truax, George Will, GOP, Hillary Clinton, Illinois GOP, Jeanne Ives, Jim Oberweis, Judy Baar Topinka, Mark Kirk, Paul Alinsky, Republican Party, Sandra Fluke, Tom Cross, Tom Morrison, Valerie Jarrett, Wendy Davis, William Kristol
Illinois Politics, Sanctity of Life | David E. Smith | November 6, 2014 5:54 AM | Comments Off on Illinois’ GOP(P): Pro-Abort, Pro-Gay Marriage
Written by David E. Smith
It is time to vote!
You can find out what the candidates’ positions are on issues that matter to you and your family by visiting ILVoterGuide.com. It’s Illinois’ most detailed voter guide! Knowing what the candidates you vote for believe is critical, especially in the Illinois General Assembly, where only one or two votes can decide if anti-family policies get passed into law. And make no mistake, one or two votes are what advances or stops legislation of moral concern — especially on important issues related to life and religious liberty.… Continue Reading
The 2014 General Election is this Tuesday and voters in Illinois will head to the polls to elect a Governor, U.S. Senator and numerous other legislative offices. One section, however, that is often overlooked are judicial candidates. With recent onslaught of pervasive rulings that have come from the various judicial rulings, it is painfully clear that cannot overlook this portion of the ballot.
Though it would be an enormous endeavor to seek out information on every judicial election throughout the state, Illinois Family Action is recommending several resources to help voters make informed decisions.… Continue Reading
Written by Michael Medved
If it’s somehow racist and discriminatory to require identification as a condition for voting, then how is it any less discriminatory to impose similar conditions for air travel, mortgages, receiving or cashing government checks, or purchasing guns?
Voting is a crucial right—but so is the ability to purchase property or to keep and bear arms. The Democratic claim that black people don’t have equal access to identification is obviously false: black voting participation in crucial states actually went up after new rules requiring ID as a condition of voting.… Continue Reading
