Illinois Review

Bill Daley poll reveals biggest problem for Lisa Madigan is her daddy

2013-06-19T16:30:00-05:00

The Bill Daley campaign leaked results on Lisa Madigan that it collected from its statewide poll of likely general election voters. No results on Daley himself were released. Democrat Rich Miller has the memo HERE. In short, Lisa Madigan is...

Ex-Chicago firefighter gets pension from prison

2013-06-19T16:00:00-05:00

The State Journal-Register is reporting that a former Chicago firefighter who was convicted in the 1994 slaying of his wife has been getting more than $55,000 a year in pension payments from behind bars. Now 76 and in a medium-security...

ADJOURNED: Latest news on $40,000 per day special session

2013-06-19T15:30:00-05:00

SPRINGFIELD - Governor Pat Quinn called lawmakers back to Springfield to discuss the urgent matter before them: pension reform. As credit ratings continue to plunge, not only are Illinois taxpayers paying more than $17,000,000 per day in interest on issued...

Will County Auditor to challenge Topinka for State Comptroller

2013-06-19T15:00:00-05:00

Will County Auditor Duffy Blackburn — a Democrat — tells the Chicago Sun-Times he’s mounting a campaign for the office of Comptroller, positioning himself for a possible fight against Republican Judy Baar Topinka. Blackburn, who is in his second term...

Chicago GOP calls for investigation into billboard deal

2013-06-19T14:30:00-05:00

CHICAGO - Wednesday, the Chicago Republican Party called for a City Council investigation of Mayor Rahm Emanuel's proposed billboard contracts. According to the Party, the 20-year deals would be another parking meter-style giveaway to a vendor in exchange for a...

Chicago Public Schools looking for cash can start by ending teacher pickups

2013-06-19T14:00:00-05:00

By Ben VanMetre - Chicago Public Schools pension payment will increase by roughly $400 million due to the expiration of a temporary “pension holiday.” Local lawmakers knew this was coming but did nothing to prepare for the increased payment. The...

Tea Party gets back together at DC Capitol to "Audit the IRS"

2013-06-19T13:45:00-05:00

WASHINGTON DC - Illinois Tea Party's C Steven Tucker is in Washington DC Wednesday for the "Audit the IRS" rally. Last month, IRS head Lois Lerner apologized for targeting groups with "Tea Party" or "Patriot" in their groups' titles, to...

Crony capitalism: OfficeMax wants tax breaks to stay in Illinois

2013-06-19T13:30:00-05:00

SPRINGFIELD, IL (AP) - OfficeMax Inc. is asking the state of Illinois for tax breaks to keep the company's headquarters in-state after the office supply chain's merger with Office Depot Inc. is complete. OfficeMax CEO Ravi Saligram and Democrat State...

State should stop redistributing tax dollars to local governments

2013-06-19T13:00:00-05:00

By Kristina Rasmussen - What ever happened to Gov. Pat Quinn’s suggestion that local governments take a smaller share of state income tax collections? Not much, it turns out. During this year’s budgeting season, Quinn had proposed modifying the mechanics...

Undocumented workers [illegal aliens] arrested after gang-rape in Illinois

2013-06-19T12:30:00-05:00

On Sunday, police in Charleston arrested Jorge Lux, 25, (photo right) and his 17-year-old roommate after they reportedly sexually assaulted a female victim inside a residence. Both suspects are illegal aliens "undocumented workers" from Guatemala, according to police. ...More HERE...

Illinois gay marriage activists get organized

2013-06-19T12:01:00-05:00

Gearing up for another attempt to legislate gay marriage in the Land of Lincoln, Illinois Unites for Marriage, the umbrella organization for the same-sex marriage effort, announced that they have hired a campaign manager to lead the effort to get...

Where will Senator Dillard be today?

2013-06-19T11:45:00-05:00

SPRINGFIELD - Social media is where it's at for political campaigns, but in an effort to Twitter today, Citizens for Kirk Dillard had an unfortunate and obviously unforeseen shortening of a Tweet: Lawmakers return to Springfield today for a Special...

GOP gubernatorial candidate Bruce Rauner says wife is a "staunch Democrat"

2013-06-19T11:30:00-05:00

CHICAGO - Illinois Republicans will have at least three, if not more, picks in their March 2014 gubernatorial primary. One of those Republican candidates admitted this week that he sleeps with a Democrat - his wife, Diana. The topic came...

Illinois cell phone users over-paying on data plans

2013-06-19T11:00:00-05:00

Illinoisans are spending way too much money for data they don't use, according to the Citizens Utility Board, a nonprofit that represents Illinois customers. The board found that Illinois cell phone users over-pay $1.4 billion a year on their data...

SEIU to run ads in Illinois criticizing Kirk on immigration vote

2013-06-19T10:30:00-05:00

The Service Employees International Union (SEIU) today launched a radio advertising campaign criticizing Senator Mark Kirk (R-IL) for voting against the Senate rushing the immigration vote without appropriate discussion and analysis. The SEIU ad will run on Chicago-area radio stations...

Illinois lawmakers plan pension talks into July, costing $40,000 per day

2013-06-19T10:21:23-05:00

Unable to overcome a stalemate on the state's $97 billion pension crisis, Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn and legislative leaders have agreed to form a bipartisan committee to hammer out a compromise and to reconvene the Legislature for another session in...

Stantis: It's A Bird, It's A Plane...

2013-06-19T10:18:18-05:00

Black lawmaker leaves behind Democrat Party for the GOP

2013-06-19T09:45:00-05:00

Louisiana state senator Elbert Guillory is no longer a Democrat. He switched to the Republican Party, and urges his black brothers and sisters to join him. The Democrats are all about control, he says in this video, and that's not...

Obama undermines Catholic schools after Vatican Prefect praised them

2013-06-19T09:00:00-05:00

One has to wonder, are parochial and Christian schools in America also on the President's enemies list? From the Scottish Catholic Observer - NORTHERN IRELAND - The US President has made an alarming call for an end to Catholic education...

Thorner: Don't forget about HHS scandal

2013-06-19T07:30:00-05:00

By Nancy Thorner - With all the other scandals currently in the cross fire capturing Washington's attention -- out of 15 Cabinet Departments there are 7 with on-going scandals -- the one that is being shortchanged by the media and...

Kirk gets $74.3 billion military spending bill approved

2013-06-19T07:00:00-05:00

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Sen. Mark Kirk today voted to approve a Military Construction and Veterans Affairs (Milcon/VA) Appropriations bill for Fiscal Year 2014. Kirk voted in favor of the bill, which includes a total of $74.3 billion in discretionary...

Quinn denies offering public projects in exchange for gay marriage votes

2013-06-18T18:30:00-05:00

CHICAGO - Following up on claims by a Democrat insider and the African American Clergy Coalition that Governor Quinn offered Illinois House Republicans taxpayer-funded projects in exchange for "yes" votes on the gay marriage bill, Illinois Review asked the Governor's...

Biden demands investigation of Administration's spying on Americans’ phone calls

2013-06-18T18:00:00-05:00

When a Republican president spied on Americans, Biden was outraged and called for a congressional investigation saying that no one can trust such a President or Vice President. But when a Democratic President spies on Americans, Biden seems hypocritically supportive...

Obama ballot fraud won him Indiana in '08 primary against Clinton

2013-06-18T17:30:00-05:00

As Hillary Clinton prepares for a possible presidential run in 2016, it appears that she could have knocked then-candidate Barack Obama off the 2008 primary ballot in Indiana. If anyone, including her campaign, had challenged the names and signatures on...

Unchecked slaughter continues in the gun control capitol of America

2013-06-18T17:00:00-05:00

Over the weekend 46 people were shot in Chicago - the gun control capitol of the country. From the Chicago Tribune: “Our son is dead! Oh Jesus!” the 57-year-old screamed, referring to her other son, Cortez, who was killed earlier...