24 Mar 2019

A Potential Roadblock in Marijuana Legalization

By Rich Miller

Should proponents of legalizing cannabis in Illinois be worried about Representative Marty Moylan's (D-Des Plaines) House resolution?

17 Mar 2019

The Graduated Income Tax – and the Path to Killing It

By Rich Miller

A bunch of weak political arguments have been used so far against Governor JB Pritzker's proposed constitutional amendment for a graduated income tax. But there is a clear path to killing it.

10 Mar 2019

An Easy-to-Like Pritzker Plan

By Rich Miller

Democrats often propose ideas that take forever to explain and are often difficult for the masses to understand. That wasn't the case last week.

03 Mar 2019

Pritzker Using Momentum to His Advantage

By Rich Miller

A lobbyist who works for a business-related organization asked me a question the other day that I've been hearing a lot lately: "Who's going to be the stopper now?"

What he meant was: Who in the legislative process can be counted on these days to help derail bills which are deemed hostile to business interests?

24 Feb 2019

Pritzker's Effective, Sometimes Surprising Budget Address

By Rich Miller

Give Governor JB Pritzker some credit: The man can give a good speech.

17 Feb 2019

The Price of Pension Payments

By Rich Miller

Governor JB Pritzker's administration has confirmed that its new public pension plan will slash $800 million from the state's scheduled pension payment next fiscal year, which begins July 1.

10 Feb 2019

The Effects of “Dark Money” on the Governor's Agenda

By Rich Miller

Two "dark money" groups are stepping up to separately promote and attack the new governor's agenda.

05 Feb 2019

Uncle Sam Wants Your DNA: The FBI’s Diabolical Plan to Create a Nation of Suspects

By John W. Whitehead

Uncle Sam wants you.

Correction: Uncle Sam wants your DNA.

Actually, if the government gets its hands on your DNA, they as good as have you in their clutches.

05 Feb 2019

“No-Knock Raid” Is Just Another Term for “Violent Home Invasion”

By Thomas L. Knapp

On January 28, home invaders murdered 58-year-old Rhogena Nicholas and 59-year-old Dennis Tuttle of Houston, Texas. Nicholas and Tuttle wounded five of the (numerous) armed burglars before being slain.

That's not how the news accounts put it, of course. Typical headline (from the Houston Chronicle): "4 HPD officers shot in southeast Houston narcotics operation, a fifth injured."

03 Feb 2019

Smoke Doesn't Always Mean Fire

By Rich Miller

We've known for weeks now that the FBI recorded Chicago Alderman Ed Burke's mobile-phone conversations over a period of eight months, listening in on 9,475 calls. And then we discovered that the feds had wired up Chicago Alderman Danny Solis during his own conversations with Burke.

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