Jeanne is the bold, uncompromising voice of middle America. A West Point grad, her time in city and state political office was known for conservative leadership with solid commitment to taxpayers’ bottom line.
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Illinois’ Big Bad Budget Deal – From Process to Details
Illinois passed its largest budget ever, with $55.4 Billion! Lawmakers gave themselves a $7,000 raise, $110 million for healthcare for illegal seniors and redirects $390 million from the road fund.…
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The Forgotten Civil Rights Leader
United States Senator, Republican Everett Dirksen “The Forgotten Civil Rights Champion” That’s the moniker the Smithsonian gave to Everett Dirksen for his efforts to pass the Civil Rights Act of…
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IL Props Up NGOs with $1 Billion in State Grants
Illinois residents face a 10–15% increase in their ComEd electricity bills starting in July due to rising capacity charges, driven by fossil fuel retirements, slow renewable integration, and growing energy…
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Quick Hit – $600 Million Appropriated to Euphemistically Named NGOs in Illinois.
Here’s just a sampling of NGOs, out of literally hundreds of non-profits that have been appropriated money – lots of money in the FY2025 budget. They have euphemistic names and…
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DOGE IL – Illinois Fails to Prosecute Government Employees Despite Investigations Showing Malfeasance
Kirk Allen and John Kraft are co-founders of the Edgar County Watchdogs. Both men have documented a number of cases where official investigations of government employees have shown cause for…
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DOGE IL – $237 Million to Racial, Ethnic and Religious NGOs in FY 25 IL Budget
Hundreds of millions of taxpayer money is being funneled to non-profits that ar founded and operated for certain racial, ethnic, and religious groups. We found over $237 million dollars worth…
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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…
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Pritzker Idiotic Statements – IL DOGE Quick Hit
Speaking of unhinged Democrats, here are three examples of far-out, ridiculous comments by Pritzker just this week. 1. Pritzker, at the Human Rights Campaign dinner, attempts to say something even…
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Pro-Life March in Springfield Speech
Let’s face it; it is far easier to be pro-life in Indiana, Iowa, Missouri, and Tennessee and to know that behind Lincoln’s statute in the Capitol, the majority that rules…
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Five Years Post-COVID, We Must Remember What They Did.
This week marks five years since the COVID hysteria began. If the Irish Blessing, above, is to be taken seriously, then what happened five years ago and for the subsequent…