Somebody keep Congresswoman Mary Miller (R-Hindsboro) away from the app formerly known as Twitter.
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If you read Beth Hundsorfer’s reporting in Capitol News Illinois last week about the failure of DCFS and its contracting agency, Lutheran Child and Family Services, in the death of 18-year-old Mackenzi Felmlee last year, you were likely incensed. I sure was.
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Governor JB Pritzker got an off the wall question yesterday, but one he could have easily just knocked out of the park with partisan talking points.
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We like to periodically open it up to your questions.
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As Governor JB Pritzker embarks on a campaign for a third term Thursday, he’s widely considered an odds-on favorite to become the first Governor to win a third full term since Jim Thompson nearly 40 years ago.
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If you’re an optimist at heart, you may have gone into Thursday’s House Oversight & Reform Committee hoping for a real discussion about our immigration system and looking for ways to repair it.
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We like to periodically open it up to your questions.
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As Republicans in Illinois, we too often fall victim to a self-fulfilling prophecy of defeat. We get caught in a cycle of pessimism, quoting old losses instead of building new victories.
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I was not paying any attention to Governor Pritzker’s COVID press briefings that had become a daily occurrence in mid-March of 2020.
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One Illinois Democrat who didn’t peacock for the cameras after President Trump’s not-a-SOTU was Congresswoman Nikki Budzinski (D-Springfield).
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So many of us on any side of the political spectrum, found ourselves in shock at your announcement Monday. If you're someone who believes in the power of prayer, and I believe you are, you should know just how many people are standing beside you right now.
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No matter your political persuasion, Governor JB Pritzker’s FY26 budget proposal, introduced Wednesday, is a mixed bag.
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Coming up in Republican politics, it’s pretty much just engrained in you that the evil oracle that was House Speaker Michael Madigan was absolutely corrupt.
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There’s nothing like pointless political theater in the Illinois House of Representatives.
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For over a decade, workers in Illinois have been bearing the brunt of an unjust retirement system.
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At the center of Illinois’ challenges – rising property taxes, budget gaps, outmigration – lies a topic that stirs emotions and debate: public pensions.
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On January 20th, our nation will once again watch our democracy in action.
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It has been written about exhaustively since the November election. What the party did wrong. What Biden did wrong. What the Harris campaign did wrong. Blah. Blah. Blah.
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Mike Madigan is testifying in his own defense.
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Based on encounters I have across Springfield, I’d say a whole bunch of people want better local news.
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