Thursday, Nov. 12, was set as the final day of a two-week fall session where pension reform, approval of Chicago casinos and tax changes to aid businesses were to have addressed. Shamefully Illinois lawmakers fled Springfield for their homes leaving the crisis issues unaddressed and in limbo, but with an agreement to return for a one-day session on November 29th [...]
Electability vs. Ideological matters to conservatives
November 11, 2011 By
Primary Elections for Illinoisans are scheduled for March. Soon Republicans of all stripes will be asked to vote for the candidate they wish to challenge and hopefully defeat President Barack Obama in November of 2012. As states are affected by policies enacted at a national level, Illinois, with its 20 electoral vote in 2012 (21 [...]
The Illinois Policy Institute hosts futurist and author, Joel Kotkin
November 7, 2011 By
The Illinois Policy Institute, a nonpartisan research organization dedicated to supporting free market principles and liberty-based public policy in the state of Illinois, located at 190 S. LaSalle, Street in Chicago, hosted futurist and author, Joel Kotkin, on Wednesday, November 2nd. Left: John Tillman, CEO, Illinois Policy Institute. Right: Joel Kotkin, futurist and author of [...]
Illinois Policy Institute’s Mid-Year Score Card tracks IL legislator votes during Spring 2011 session
October 31, 2011 By
Primary elections scheduled for Tuesday, March 20, 2012 in Illinois are fast approaching and will be here before we know it, with Thanksgiving, Christmas, and Hanukkah sandwiched in between. To help Illinoisans decide whether the voting records of their elected Springfield senators and representative matched their rhetoric, the Chicago-based Illinois Policy Institute recently published its [...]
Obama clueless about jobs, yet ‘On the Road Again’
October 27, 2011 By
Its beginning to sound much like the song country music singer Willie Nelson made famous, “On the Road Again.” Over the past week President Obama has been out and about the nation attempting to pass his jobs bills by appealing to the American people in what the White House calls “official” trips, but for all [...]
Biden, Reid, and Obama remain ‘wet behind the ears’ on job creation
October 26, 2011 By
Vice President Joe Biden seems to think that the most effective way to prevent rap and murder is for government to pay for more police officers on the street. Such was Biden’s rhetoric in a speech at the University of Pennsylvania on Tuesday, Oct. 18, as reported in the “Washington Times”: “It’s not temporary [administration's [...]
Heartland sponsors its 7th Emerging Issues Forum addressing policies with free-market solutions
October 18, 2011 By
The Heartland Institute held its Seventh Emerging Issue Forum and 27th Anniversary Benefit Dinner on Thursday, October 13. In addressing the attendees, Heartland President Joseph Bast related how Heartland’s first budget was $24,000. By contrast, this year’s budget stands at $6 million with a staff of 41 here in Chicago. Attending the forum were elected [...]
Duo of doctors recommended to fill seats of two retiring Democrat legislators in IL Districts 29 and 58
October 13, 2011 By
Even though primary elections here in Illinois are not until March of next year, the months will whiz by as Thanksgiving and the Christmas season will receive our undivided attention. For those like me, who consider political happenings of great importance because of how their outcomes will affect not only Illinois, but also this nation, [...]
A trilogy of events debunks the ‘kill capitalism’ protests
October 10, 2011 By
A trilogy of event happened all on the same day, Wednesday, October 5th, which led to the impetus for writing this article. 1. Steven Paul “Steve” Jobs died in California at age 56 — seven years after being diagnosed with pancreatic cancer — who will be remembered as an American computer entrepreneur and inventor and [...]
Honoring Veterans
Veterans Day might be a once-a-year declared and celebrated federal holiday, but its importance in honoring all veterans whether or not they have served in combat or not should not and CAN NOT be forgotten by the American people. For to become indifferent to the sacrifices of those who have given us the right to [...]