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Senate GOP Leader Bill Brady said to have voiced private support for abortion funding, gun control legislation

By W.J. Kennedy | 5 years ago

Former high-level aides to Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner has revealed that Senate Republican Leader Bill Brady (R-Bloomington) told the then governor he was right for signing HB 40 in September 2017, the law requiring Medicaid funding of abortions. At a separate meeting, Brady also recommended that the governor sign gun control bills should they reach his desk.

Former president of Ecuador Rafael Correa keeps U of I Exceptional Achievement award while on the run from kidnapping charges

By W.J. Kennedy | Jul 19, 2019

It seems the University of Illinois can’t be embarrassed into taking back the “Exceptional Achievement” award it gave to left-wing strongman Rafael Correa, president of Ecuador from 2007 to 2017, and 2001 graduate from U of I with a Ph.D. in Economics.

From Prairie State Wire

Pritzker’s claims of paying down pension debt “simply dishonest,” fiscal watchdog says

By W.J. Kennedy | 6 years ago

The recently approved state budget hardly makes Illinois the beacon of fiscal prudence that Democratic Gov. J.B. Pritzker and legislative leaders claim it is, budgetary analysts at Wirepoints say.

From Prairie State Wire

Madigan 'bullying' income tax increase through legislative process

By W.J. Kennedy | 6 years ago

House Speaker Michael Madigan used his absolute power over the legislative process to move legislation to the floor on Friday that exchanges Illinois’ constitutionally mandated flat income tax with a progressive tax.

Sexually charged readings required in University of Illinois class on fiction writing

By W.J. Kennedy | Feb 14, 2019

Some required readings in a University of Illinois (U of I) course on fiction writing have sexually explicit scenes, the Chambana Sun has learned.

From Kane County Reporter

Military vets 'infuriated' over statements by U of I graduate assistants want to ship 'them all off to North Korea'

By W.J. Kennedy | 7 years ago

The Graduate Employee Organization (GEO), a union of graduate students at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (UIUC), has inadvertently drawn military veterans into a battle over controversial legislation in the state House that would unionize research assistants who help teach courses under the GEO’s umbrella.

Surging taxes threatening Illini fraternity/sorority community

By W.J. Kennedy | May 14, 2018

A surge in property taxes is threatening the very existence of the fraternity/sorority system at the University of Illinois, the largest of its kind in the world.