URF Releases 6th Annual Illinois Legislative Scorecard
URF Action today released it’s sixth annual legislative scorecard. The scorecard measures and ranks each member of the Illinois General Assembly based on a sampling of votes from the previous session....
View ArticleRep. Ron Sandack Ends Bid for ILGOP Chairmanship, Blames Conservative...
State Rep. Ron Sandack (R) announced on public radio today that he is “bowing out” of his bid to be picked as the next Illinois Republican Party chairman. Sandack, who was recently overheard by an IR...
View ArticleIRS Chief Lois Lerner to Illinois’ Al Salvi: ‘We’ll Get You!’
FEC’s Lois Lerner to 1996 U.S. Senate Candidate Al Salvi: “We never lose!”…”We’ll get you!” Former GOP U.S. Senate candidate Al Salvi’s (photo right) revelation this week that IRS official Lois Lerner...
View ArticleIllinois Obamacare Federal Stimulus for Politically Correct State Groups
Obamacare is a slush fund only for Obama’s pals… Illinois is funneling millions of federal dollars to politically-correct and politically-connected organizations such as the SEIU and the Chicago...
View ArticleIllinois Policy Institute Employee Files Suit Over Media Credentials
Scott Reeder, Illinois Policy Institute’s “journalist in residence” filed a federal lawsuit in Springfield Tuesday against House Speaker Mike Madigan, Senate President John Cullerton and their...
View ArticleState of Illinois Spends Money to Advertise Obamacare on the Onion
CHICAGO (AP) – This isn’t a joke. Public officials at the Illinois health insurance marketplace say they are launching ads aimed at young adults in the satirical online newspaper The Onion. Banner ads...
View ArticleIll. GOP Gov’s Race: And Then There Were Three
-By Chris Robling From the start of this race for the Gubernatorial nomination, my statement has been, “I support all four candidates.” No more. Why? There are only three. It is time for Dan Rutherford...
View ArticleAngry over Losses, Durkin Targets Proft and Independent Expenditures
By Fran Eaton CHICAGO – In a press conference following yesterday’s Republican unity event, Illinois House Minority Leader Jim Durkin made it clear that he didn’t appreciate outside groups funding...
View ArticleDespite Spin, Illinois State Central Committee Elections Fail to Vindicate...
-By The Illinois Review Last week’s election of Illinois Republican Party State Central Committee members drew national attention when the Washington Post reported the outcome as an indication that...
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Illinois Website Beats Attempt to Silence its News Coverage
-By Warner Todd Huston In 2011 a political operative attempted to sue the Illinois news website Illinois Review for “defamation” over one of its stories. This week a federal appeals court issued its...
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