Red light cameras clearly dont serve the cause of traffic safety, and they should be pulled down quicker than they were put up.
The Wall Street Journal picks up on recent efforts in Illinois to create the state's first voucher program.
The speaker was the Rev. James Meeks, explaining black resistance to vouchers. The venue was a sold-out lunch put on by the Illinois Policy Institute (IPI). The result? Something new in Windy City politics: a powerful black Democrat reaching out to a free
When bad ideas just won't fade away.
John O'Hara, the Institute's vice president of external relations, appears on Fox Business News and is asked about Sarah Palin's assertion that those in the Tea Party movement need to pick a political party. O'Hara doesn't see it that way.
The State of Illinois spent $30K per year in 2008 and 2009 for membership and association dues to the Delta Regional Authority.
by Mark Cavers In 2009, the Department of Transportation gave the National Railroad Passenger Corporation $24,902,584.31 in grants. The National Railroad Passenger Corporation, also known as Amtrak, is a for-profit corporation that operates intercity passenger rail services in 46 States and the District of Columbia, in addition to serving as a contractor in various capacities for several commuter rail agencies. ...
Can the school system solve the violence problem on Chicago streets - and should it be their job?
Expanding on my earlier assertion that people cannot be starving in mass numbers unless the government has failed and/or is corrupt.
In 2009, the CTA received $25 million in direct funding from the state but it still needed to cut service to close a budget deficit after union workers refused to return a 3.5% pay raise.
An opportunity to increase transparency and bring about more timely disclosure of public information.
The Department of Veteran Affairs and the Department of Transportation were among the departments that spent the most on household, laundry, and cleaning supplies.
The Department of Employment Security spent over $150K on envelopes in 2008 and 2009.
Illinois spent at least $813,653,009.72 on purchases from other states.