WirePoints https://illinoisfamilyaction.org Sat, 24 May 2025 16:53:21 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/cropped-download-32x32.jpg WirePoints https://illinoisfamilyaction.org 32 32 76203252 Still Fighting the Good Fight vs. Amendment 1 https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2023/03/amendment-1-patriots-still-fighting-the-good-fight/ Tue, 21 Mar 2023 09:00:27 +0000 https://staging.illinoisfamilyaction.org/?p=23257 Written by Nancy Hayes

On November 8th of last year, Illinoisans went to the polls and voted on Amendment 1. This constitutional amendment passed on an official vote from Illinois citizens with a total of 2,212,999 yeses to 1,555,929 nos.

What is Amendment 1?

Amendment 1 is a proposed constitutional amendment that adds a new “constitutional right” for government workers to organize and collectively bargain. According to Wirepoints, Amendment 1 “cemented public sector union powers into the State Constitution.”… Continue Reading

]]> 23257 Daily Herald Endorses “No” Vote on Amendment 1 https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2022/10/daily-herald-endorses-no-vote-on-amendment-1/ Thu, 20 Oct 2022 11:00:20 +0000 https://staging.illinoisfamilyaction.org/?p=22195 Written by John Lopez

On Sunday October 16, the Daily Herald urged a “No” vote on the top-of-the-ballot question on Amendment 1.

Illinois Family Action, like other freedom-loving and higher-taxes-loathing conservative organizations, is grateful for the newspaper’s rejection of Amendment 1. Interestingly, the Herald‘s editorial board also skewered some proponents who tried to use the abortion issue as a reason to vote for Amendment 1.

The Daily Herald on September 29 hosted a joint endorsement session with multiple newspapers around the state. … Continue Reading

]]> 22195 Chicago Tribune Endorses NO Vote on Amendment 1 https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2022/10/tribune-endorses-no-vote/ Wed, 12 Oct 2022 22:07:59 +0000 https://staging.illinoisfamilyaction.org/?p=22017 Written by John Lopez

On Monday morning of Columbus Day, the Chicago Tribune issued its first endorsement for the 2022 General Election, and it was a “No” vote on Amendment 1.

“We endorse a no vote.  We support the rights of unions to represent their members and to bargain collectively for the best deal they can secure.  But we do not see an Illinois threat to those rights, and we see this endorsement as an opening to skew the balance of power in the public sector to an unacceptable degree.”

… Continue Reading ]]> 22017 Illinois’ Disastrous Leadership Making Headlines–Again https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2022/10/illinois-disastrous-leadership-making-headlines-again/ Thu, 06 Oct 2022 09:00:42 +0000 https://staging.illinoisfamilyaction.org/?p=21972 Written by Laurie Higgins

Recently the Wall Street Journal Editorial Board published a searing indictment of the abject failure of Illinois to educate its children, citing statistics from Illinois’ Wirepoints. The board writes,

No one thought Illinois schools were a shining beacon in the education landscape, but we didn’t know how truly awful so many of them are. A new report by Wirepoints using the state’s data shows that an epidemic of indifferent instruction and social promotion has left children unable to perform at even the most basic educational level.

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