[LIVESTREAM] Anonymity and the age of nonprofit influence

06/17/2015

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Protecting diversity, debate in Illinois depends on respecting donor privacy

06/16/2015

People who support popular opinions have little to lose from having their support for those ideas known. It’s the people who are challenging the status quo – like the NAACP during the civil-rights movement – who have to be concerned about harassment and retaliation for their views.

TAGS: donor privacy

BREAKING NEWS: Court allows state workers to challenge mandatory union fees

05/19/2015

Ruling issued late Tuesday allows three employees of Illinois state government to challenge so-called “fair share” fees

Corruption watch: March 2015

By Shawn Tonge

04/08/2015

April showers bring May flowers, but all March gave us was 53 new corruption stories in Illinois.

TAGS: good government

Chicago State president allegedly attempted to silence professor with false sexual-harassment claims

By Jeffrey Schwab

03/27/2015

Chicago State University was among the 10 worst colleges for free speech in 2014. With the latest development in this case, it appears CSU is making a strong bid to hold that distinction in 2015 as well.

TAGS: CSU: Chicago State University, cyberbullying, Foundation for Individual Rights in Education, free speech, Haki Madhubuti, LaShondra Peebles

LIVESTREAM: Three state employees join Rauner in legal challenge of ‘fair share’ union fees

03/23/2015

Live today at 2:30pm. Three state workers represented by the Liberty Justice Center have taken legal action to end the collection of fair share union dues in Illinois.

TAGS: litigation

2 Illinois universities among worst in the nation for free speech

By Jeffrey Schwab

03/06/2015

Universities are supposed to be safe havens for controversial ideas, but at least 10 Illinois universities have one or more policies that clearly and substantially restrict freedom of speech.

TAGS: CSU: Chicago State University, Foundation for Individual Rights in Education, free speech, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Agency fees, the First Amendment and Rauner’s executive order

By Jeffrey Schwab

02/21/2015

When it comes to collecting ‘fair share’ fees, abolishing the practice would be the only outcome that’s truly fair to workers across the country.

TAGS: agency fees, Bruce Rauner, executive order

Rauner’s ‘fair share’ executive order fights for the First Amendment

02/11/2015

Simple logic. Respect for rights. These are things Illinoisans are not used to seeing from their state government, so perhaps it’s understandable that some are having trouble understanding what Rauner has done and why he has done it.

TAGS: executive order, labor

You should have a choice on paying union fees

By illinoispolicy

02/09/2015

Are you a state worker in Illinois who’s tired of being forced to give part of every paycheck to a government union you don’t support?

First Amendment to the United States Constitution

[LIVESTREAM] Anonymity and the age of nonprofit influence

Protecting diversity, debate in Illinois depends on respecting donor privacy

BREAKING NEWS: Court allows state workers to challenge mandatory union fees

Corruption watch: March 2015

Chicago State president allegedly attempted to silence professor with false sexual-harassment claims

LIVESTREAM: Three state employees join Rauner in legal challenge of ‘fair share’ union fees

2 Illinois universities among worst in the nation for free speech

Agency fees, the First Amendment and Rauner’s executive order

Rauner’s ‘fair share’ executive order fights for the First Amendment

You should have a choice on paying union fees

What is the Education Freedom Tax Credit and how can it benefit Illinois students?

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Diana Graham

Process for unionizing non-state workers raises red flags

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