George Kemper, a Republican candidate for the Illinois House District 12, opposes SB 818 requiring schools to align their sexual education curriculum with national standards.
Democrat Paul Vallas, a mayoral candidate and the former CEO of Chicago Public Schools (CPS), raised the issue of school safety after multiple children were shot outside of Carl Schultz High School. There have been shootings near two Chicago high schools already this school year.
The refusal by Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot and Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker to support law enforcement is partly to blame for skyrocketing crime on Chicago's public transit, said Dan Proft, co-host of Chicago's Morning Answer radio program.
Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot (D), a vehement supporter of abortion rights, claimed that overturning Roe v. Wade will lead to the prohibition of same-sex and interracial marriage.
Illinois Democrats passed the SAFE-T Act last year that was detrimental to law enforcement, but now that it's an election year they have proposed a pro-law enforcement bill package, State Rep. Brad Stephens (R-Rosemont) said on Facebook.
Cook County's second-installment property tax bills are being delayed past the usual deadline of Aug. 1 to at least December, but they could possibly be pushed back even to January, a Chicago Sun-Times report said.
The Better Government Association (BGA) recently reported that Gov. J.B. Pritzker's blind trust bought stock in health insurance giant Centene Corp. in 2020. Centene is one of Illinois' biggest Medicaid contractors, BGA noted.
Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg and his wife, Priscilla Chan, are donating $250 million to a non-profit organization to “promote safe and reliable voting in states and localities during the COVID-19 pandemic,” a news release said.