Category: Budget
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Pritzker Budget Address: Wants to Eliminate Local Zoning for Subsidized Housing
The most alarming proposition in Governor Pritzker’s budget address was not that it is another record budget, up nearly a billion, that includes tax increases, but that under the guise of “affordable housing,” Pritzker is proposing statewide zoning laws that would bring Section 8, subsidized housing, to every neighborhood.
Pritzker cited a study by the University of Illinois showing that the state is short 227,000 homes and that “rent is too high and home ownership is too far out of reach” because “We are not building enough homes fast enough.”
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Election Chaos in Republican Primary, Student Protests, and Budget Address this Week
There are multiple problems in Republican Primary races in Illinois this year and all of the chaos was preventable.
For DuPage County voters, early voting was suspended on Friday and will not resume until Monday or Tuesday. No Vote-by-Mail ballots have been sent out due to candidate challenges for ballot access. VBM ballots are expected to be in mailboxes by next Saturday or the following week.
On Friday, the election commission was notified that an appellate court ruled that TeDora Brown was authorized to be on the ballot as a Republican candidate for the 11th Congressional District.
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Democrats Fiddle While Illinoisans Flee to Other States
Thank you to Coal, Natural Gas, and Nuclear Power for keeping the lights on and electric heaters running in these frigid temperatures. On the left is the generation fuel mix in the PJM market.
On the right is the mix in the MISO territory. Both pictures are from their Real Time Displays on their apps.
The above is a screenshot from Elon Musk’s X account showing a repost from James O’Keefe,
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Another $1.5M Democrat-Socialist Boondoggle In Illinois
Prairie Food CO-OP Receives over $1.5 Million from Taxpayers
This is another type of fraud – legal, but full of lies that really terrible politicians tell to unassuming voters who don’t have the wherewithal to look into the details.
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The 2025 Most Ignored Stories by the Media
It’s been a big year in every aspect of society, as the second Trump administration has thrown away the playbook on how to operate the bureaucracy. From foreign policy to family policy, America is forging a new path in how we deal with adversaries and strengthen our country.
In tonight’s radio show, I recap some of the top stories from the national, state, and local levels with Amy Jacobsen and discuss top Illinois corruption stories with The Edgar County Watchdogs.
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DOGE IL – Brighton Park Neighborhood Council, Following the Money
Last summer after the Democrats passed another record budget, we realized that if we were going to get control of the budget, legislators needed to know where every dollar was going before a vote was taken. Right now, the budget bill – read the FY 2025 bill HERE – is 3,389 pages of lines of text that shows appropriations to particular agencies, programs, non-government organizations, and sub-governments for billions of dollars. There’s no table of contents to find particular spending, the categories and grants are jumbled, and a non-profit could be receiving multiple grants in numerous grant lines.
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Over $73 Million Just for Local Chambers and Development Non-Profits in IL Budget
In the current IL FY 2025 Budget, the following amounts have been budgeted for non-profit chambers of commerce and local development corporations.
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Top Illinois Stories of 2024
Here are some of my top stories in Illinois, not necessarily in order. Chosen for their impact in 2024 or their potential impact on future policy.
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Quick Hit – How is Milton Township Spending Their Mental Health Money They Took From Residents.
These mental health boards are a perfect example of how government grows to only fund more government, creating useless overhead and duplication of services.
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DOGE -The Most Important Thing for Trump to Do and More Outlandish Spending Exposed in
The Trump team appears to be taking no time off, though, as they prepare to take over on January 20th and attempt to turn the bureaucracy upside down. It is a gargantuan task. As Ronald Reagan famously stated, “A government bureau is the nearest thing to eternal life we’ll ever see on this earth!”
