According to an analysis of the federal food stamps program by the McHenry Times, 2.01 percent of people in Fox River Grove were receiving food stamps as of April 30.
Since the state Supreme Court ruled voter referendums can't be used to place measures on the ballot, Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner has called for state lawmakers to take action to restore redistricting to the November ballot and to also put term limits up for a vote.
The state of Illinois and the city of Chicago should seek bankruptcy protection to stop the fiscal bleeding and get back untracked, William Isaac, former chairman of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp., said in a recently published opinion piece.
With the welfare system falling apart, it may be time to look at the possibility of a basic income for every American, a concept that has been championed by well-known economists and political scientists of the past and present including Milton Friedman, Friedrich Hayek and Charles Murray.
Whether its actions were indolent or illegal, the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) recently came under sharp criticism from U.S. Rep. Randy Hultgren (R-IL), who implored the government to grant veterans their medical care coverage.
Republican Allen Skillicorn of East Dundee, who is running for state representative in District 66, recently stressed his concern over property taxes and how they are crippling Illinois families.
According to an analysis of the federal food stamp program by the McHenry Times, 4.91 percent of people in Hebron were receiving food stamps as of April 30.
Allen Skillicorn of East Dundee, the Republican candidate in House District 66, said he is opposed to school funding reform efforts, such as state Sen. Andy Manar’s (D-Bunker Hill) SB231, which would take funding away from local school districts and send the money to the Chicago Public Schools (CPS).