Every once in a while I’ll hear someone say that the lottery was passed to finance education. If I have time, I’ll correct that impression. When I attended my second New Members Conference put on by the Legislative Research Council, … Continue reading
No loss of any consequence to McHenry County to Governor Pat Quinn’s announcement that 400 State Policemen would be laid off. We didn’t have any in the 1990’s until I asked Governor George Ryan’s Director of the Department of Law … Continue reading
In 1976 Quincy Republican Jeff Mays and Rockford Republican Lynn Martin ran for state representative. Illinois House Republicans had been devastated in the 1974 Watergate elections. They held onto just 76 out of 177 seats. 1976 was a comeback year. … Continue reading
So, what’s the potential downside for voting for the Mike Madigan-Tom Cross CTA-RTA bailout deal? $385,000,000 coming right off the top of the Illinois General Revenue Fund. No replacement money identified. More pressure to pass an income tax hike or … Continue reading
So, what’s the potential downside for voting for the Mike Madigan-Tom Cross CTA-RTA bailout deal? $385,000,000 coming right off the top of the Illinois General Revenue Fund. No replacement money identified. More pressure to pass an income tax hike or … Continue reading
The Sun-Times reports Saturday that Senate President Emil Jones snuck a section in the bill to expand gambling to four new Illinois cities, including Chicago, as I read the article. Dave McKinney reports, “it would divert 2 percent of revenues … Continue reading
The Sun-Times reports Saturday that Senate President Emil Jones snuck a section in the bill to expand gambling to four new Illinois cities, including Chicago, as I read the article. Dave McKinney reports, “it would divert 2 percent of revenues … Continue reading
