In this week's Spotlight podcast, Monte Larrick interviews the Reverend C.L. Bryant, a Senior Fellow at Freedom Works. Rev. Bryant also is the host of the syndicated radio show, the C.L. Bryant show on Red State Talk Radio. He is also the force behind the film Runaway Slave.

The Democrats openly embraced socialism in the form of single-payer health care. And they announced a secular, anti-Christian test for public office. The two go together like Abbott and Costello. Or better yet, since this is far from funny, Marx and Lenin. 

One of the new provisions in the school funding compromise plan that was signed into law earlier this month was the $75 million in tax credits for people who donate to private school scholarships for financially needy children. Teacher unions have compared that provision to a voucher program in which public money can be used to send children from low-income families to private schools. Yet, expanding school choice is tremendously helpful for those students stuck in failing government schools.

In this special edition of the Illinois Spotlight podcast, Monte Larrick interviews Shawn Carney, President of 40 Days for Life, to talk about recent pro-life efforts and the upcoming 40 Days For Life campaign.  This sustained prayer vigil has reached 675 cities around the world with a record turnout of 375 cities participating in prayer vigils outside abortion clinics this fall.

Politico recently reported that Governor Rauner's "ongoing struggle with the politics of a controversial abortion bill hasn’t gone unnoticed by potential opponents." A Democrat opponent in the 2018 gubernatorial race, J.B. Pritzker, has capitalized on "Rauner’s indecision with HB 40 by releasing a new statewide TV ad where the billionaire Democrat declares if he’s elected, HB 40 will be the first bill he signs."