Kessem gains FOP endorsement for 41st Ward Republican Committeeman
The Board of Directors of the Fraternal Order of Police Chicago Lodge 7 has endorsed Northwest Side GOP Club Vice President Ammie Kessem in her run for 41st Ward Republican Committeeman.
From Prairie State Wire
Senate GOP Leader Bill Brady said to have voiced private support for abortion funding, gun control legislation
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.
Chicago police union, citing anti-police bias, petitions state labor board for arbitration in separation cases
Chicago’s police union says its members can’t get a fair shake from a disciplinary body, the Chicago Police Board (CPB), so it's petitioning the Illinois Labor Relations Board for the right for officers to select arbitration involving separation cases.
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- March for Life Chicago features prominent OB-GYN as speaker for first time
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- GOP strategist forecasts an accelerated 'fiscal demise' if Chicago approves new 'LaSalle Street Tax'
From Prairie State Wire
Tax increases only compound Chicago's fiscal woes, 41st Ward GOP candidate Kessem argues
Northwest Side GOP Club Vice President Ammie Kessem (R-Chicago) can sum up Chicago's financial crisis in a couple of choice phrases that leave no doubt as to who is to blame.
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