Teachers Union Votes to Protect Power

A teachers strike is never about children. It is about the special interests of adults. In Chicago and elsewhere, the teachers unions are in the business of winning better salaries and benefits, protecting job security, pressuring for restrictive work rules and otherwise advancing the occupational interests of their members. The children are at best an afterthought, at worst cannon fodder, in political and contractual battles among those who divvy up power.

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Another Day, Another Indictment

Families are suffering. Businesses face fixed uncertainty. Taxpayers are leaving in droves. At no time have independent thought, political courage and social risk been more necessary. To have any hope of seeing the kind of structural change that is needed, we have to change our leadership.

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What’s Trending in Illinois?

A closer look at recent trends in Springfield and among voters confirms that the power shift is real. The demand for independent legislators, and the equity, efficiency and excellence that is established through free-market policy solutions has never been louder. The opportunity to advance the cause of liberty and enterprise in Illinois has never been greater.

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Downers Grove Illinois Turnaround Agenda Forum

You’ve probably seen the newspaper headlines and television interviews highlighting Illinois’ fiscal mess. Join us to get the inside story on what it means for you and what we can expect next. After a short panel discussion, the experts will answer your questions.

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Never Let a Crisis Go to Waste

As it happens, Mayor Emanuel has famously offered advice on how to act in a crisis. His words of wisdom? “Never let a crisis go to waste. What I mean by that is it’s an opportunity to do things you didn’t think you could do before.” Chicago is indeed in crisis. And Chicagoans now have a real opportunity to challenge the political status quo and demand the reforms they were promised

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Protecting Our Most Vulnerable

For all of their rhetoric claiming to protect those most in need, neither liberal tax and spend policies nor big government healthcare policies have protected families from having to face the indignity of pleading for their child’s life in front of a roomful of the legislators who have been using them as political cannon-fodder for decades.

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