Barack Obama

Will $125 Million Help?

06/08/2010
Nationalized health care is sinking in popularity--but a new big-money PR initiative hopes to change all that.

ObamaCare Kills Virginia Insurance Company

06/08/2010
On June 2, nHealth, a Virgina-based health insurance company, sent a letter to its agents announcing that it will exit the health insurance market due to the

Making Work Pay

05/19/2010
Is a tax bill that is 33 percent higher than usual inconsequential?

Obama, Meet Bill Collector

02/02/2010
The Obama campaign still owes the City of Springfield serious dough for a campaign rally held in the fall of 2008. Pay up, Mr. President!

Preaching Choice in Obama’s Hometown – WSJ

01/31/2010
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
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Pathway to a Profession: How Apprenticeships Could Reshape Illinois’ Beauty Service Industry

Occupational licensing requirements present one of the steepest barriers to low-income Illinoisans starting careers in beauty services. Illinois requires anyone seeking to become a barber, cosmetologist, nail technician or hair braider to obtain a state license, essentially a permission slip to work. Unlike 45 other states, Illinois offers only one pathway to licensure for each...

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Diana Graham

Process for unionizing non-state workers raises red flags

By Paul Kersey
06/19/2014

CBS Chicago: Illinois’ highest-paid superintendent receives $400K per year to oversee 1,200 students

By Ted Dabrowski
05/02/2016