. By Ray Hanania . The Chicago City Council was scheduled on Wednesday, Jan. 31, to consider a resolution calling for a ceasefire in the war between Israel’s extremist government and the Hamas extremist organization. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government and Hamas have been battling each other for more than two decades, using violence against […]
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Not too late to get on the right path
. By Ray Hanania . An armed teenager who had a run-in with police in Oak Lawn back in 2022 has been arrested again, this time in a connection with a robbery and a brutal beating of an innocent man who was exercising at an Orland Park gym on Dec.10. One of the three suspects […]
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Migrants are a political hot potato
. By Rich Miller . Mayor Brandon Johnson’s budget, passed last November, deliberately underfunded programs for asylum-seekers. The meager appropriation authority could be exhausted by April, but nobody knows yet what the city plans to do when it reaches that point. Also last November, Gov. JB Pritzker made it clear to reporters that “the state […]
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Fight looming over ‘game changer’ idea
. By Rich Miller . One of the bigger state budget expansion fights we could see play out in Springfield this spring is the creation of a permanent $300 Child Income Tax Credit. The new proposal has been scaled back from last year’s $700 per child tax credit bill, which went nowhere in the House […]
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Worried About the Teacher Shortage? Invest in Your Leaders
By Erika Hunt and Lisa Hood Regional Office of Education #17 The “State of Our Educator Pipeline 2023” report by Advance Illinois underscores the challenges in Illinois’ education system and the urgent need to address the teacher shortage comprehensively. While recruiting more teachers is important, addressing teacher attrition, responsible for 90 percent of the demand, […]
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Only vets should hold elected office
. By Ray Hanania . It annoys me immensely when we learn that some politicians served in the militaries of foreign countries, either full-time or as a volunteer, but not in the U.S. military to defend this country. Military service should be an essential requirement to qualify to hold public office and also demonstrate of […]
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Pols should learn from Burke verdict
. By Rich Miller . Perhaps the weakest federal criminal charge against former Chicago Ald. Ed Burke was about his plot to extort the Chicago Field Museum because a friend’s daughter never heard back about an internship after Burke sent over her resume. U.S. District Court Judge Virginia Kendall seemed “unimpressed” by federal prosecutors’ reasoning […]
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Letter to Editor: Manteno Advocates Take Legal Action Against Gotion, Manteno
Dear Editor, Concerned Citizens of Manteno, the non-profit group representing Manteno residents battling to protect their community and stop the Gotion Plant, together with a local Manteno resident, took legal action in Kankakee County Circuit Court against Gotion and the Village of Manteno recently. The group filed suit to stop Gotion from pumping highly toxic […]
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U.S. hypocrisy never in short supply
. By Ray Hanania . Under President Dwight D. Eisenhower, America began to build up its reputation as the leader of the free world. One of the most important aspects of carrying that title was to lead the fight to champion freedom and to speak out against human rights violations, injustices and government-sanctioned crimes, especially against innocent […]
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Labor, business want more infrastructure spending
. By Rich Miller . Three of Gov. JB Pritzker’s appointees to the Illinois Commerce Commission have not yet been confirmed by the Illinois Senate, including the chair, Doug Scott. All three unconfirmed appointees have recently voted against the stated interests of trade unions. Senate President Don Harmon has assiduously courted trade union support and […]