by | Jun 23, 2016 | Media
ROCKFORD (WREX) –Illinois lawmakers won’t be getting their paychecks on time, possibly until the budget impasse ends. That’s according to State Comptroller Leslie Munger. She made the announcement in Chicago Sunday. Munger says it isn’t fair...
by | Jun 23, 2016 | Media
Republican state Rep. John Cabello(Machesney Park) toldWREX that he agrees with Comptroller Leslie Munger not paying state lawmakers their salaries until the states budget impasse, which is 10 months old, is resolved. Munger says that with money being tight social...
by | Jun 23, 2016 | Media
Today, State Representative John Cabello passed a resolution making the IL State Route 59 overpass the “Trooper Chong Soo Lim Memorial Overpass,” memorializing Lim’s life as an Illinois State Trooper. “He sacrificed his life for his community,” Representative John...
by | Jun 23, 2016 | Media
The crime is frightening and so are the statistics: Nearly 1 in 5 women will be raped during their lifetimes. One in 71 men will be a victim of sexual assault. That’s what we know. The numbers likely are much higher because sexual assault is an underreported crime. Of...
by | Jun 23, 2016 | Media
The issue: Eliminate the office of lieutenant governor in the state of Illinois. The background: The office has no constitutional duties other than to be ready to step in if something happens to the governor. Proposals to eliminate the office have been around for...
by | Jun 23, 2016 | Media
STATELINE (WIFR) — It’s a matter of pink versus blue. Some are calling it gender injustice, a discriminatory tax, or the Pink Tax. All three terms refer to the extra money women are charged for certain products or services, simply because they’re...
