Governor Rauner certainly got everyone’s attention last week when he proposed that the employer’s share...
“If something cannot go on forever, it will stop.” – Herbert Stein’s Law In...
We’re all familiar with the term “Hail Mary”. It happens in football, and it happens...
Pensions are now cutting into essential services. This needs to be fixed, and there are...
Combine a limitation on state and local taxes (SALT) under the new Federal tax bill...
“The natural progress of things is for liberty to yield, and government to gain ground.” ...
That’s the headline of an article written by Jack Franks published in today’s Northwest Herald,...
In the past several months, the Chicago Tribune has extensively researched and written about the...
“A billion here, a billion there, and pretty soon you’re talking about real money.” –...
I’ve written the following letter to the Governor, asking him to veto House Bill 171:...
In 2012 the voters of McHenry County voted down a referendum which would have established...
They call it “Veto Session”, but it really ought to be called “Propose Bills and...