Another Day, Another Shocking Report
Yet again evidence of fraud is making headlines in Illinois after a recent inspector General Report on Chicago Public Schools (CPS) revealed that records had been falsified to garner extra funding for CPS. While CPS gets more money per student that any other district in the state, other districts struggle to make ends meet while waiting on payments from the state to cover things like free lunch programs, transportation, and special education.
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Senate Approved Legislation Sent to House
The Senate adjourned on March 6 for a two week break until after the March 18 primary, but they didn’t adjourn before passing and sending several dozen pieces of legislation to the Illinois House.
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Concealed-Carry Permits in the Mail
Nearly 3,000 second amendment activists rallied at the Capitol on March 5 for their annual Illinois Gun Owners Lobby Day, but this year it was with the knowledge that Illinois had finally become the last state in the nation to allow its citizens to carry concealed handguns in public. Since the end of February more than 5,000 concealed-carry permits have been dropped in the mai
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Audit Paints Portrait of Troubled NRI
This week Illinois House and Senate Republicans urged the Illinois Auditor General to refer the troubling findings of a highly critical audit of the Neighborhood Recovery Initiative to the Executive Inspector General (EIG) for further evaluation.
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Keeping Students Safe
On Feb 27 the Illinois Senate approved legislation aimed at keeping students safe in schools. Senate bill 2747 creates the School Security and Standards Task Force.
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