Illinois one of few states limiting freedom to choose fireworks on Independence Day
Illinois residents are denied the legal celebration of at least one freedom on July 4, but take their fireworks dollars to every border state to ignore the law.
Madigan’s rules: How Illinois gives its House speaker power to manipulate and control the legislative process
Illinois Democrats possess oversized power in Springfield. Democrats control both houses of the Illinois General Assembly. Though this majority will not be veto-proof in the 100th General Assembly, whose members will assume office in January 2017, it still allows Democratic politicians to easily pass their party’s legislation through the House and Senate – and to block...
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