TRANSFORMATIVE INVESTMENTS IN EDUCATION FROM THE FY 2024 BUDGET! By Joanna Williams Following the passage of the FY 2024 budget, Governor Pritzker held events in Springfield and Champaign to highlight key investments in all stages of education: early childhood, K-12 and higher education. Early Childhood: Investment of $250 million in the Smart Start program to...Read More
BALANCED BUDGET SCORE: PRITZKER: 5… RAUNER: ZERO! By Joanna Williams Building on 4 years of fiscally responsible leadership, Governor Pritzker signed the fiscal year 2024 budget into law on June 7, 2023, delivering his fifth balanced budget while making transformative investments in early childhood, K-12 schools, higher education, workforce and economic development, and efforts to fight violence...Read More
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Monday, June 12, 2023 CONTACT GovernorsOffice@illinois.gov Gov. Pritzker Signs Bill Making Illinois First State in the Nation to Outlaw Book Bans CHICAGO — Governor JB Pritzker was joined by Lieutenant Governor Juliana Stratton, Illinois Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias, advocates, and lawmakers today at the Harold Washington Library to sign legislation outlawing book...Read More
DEMOCRACY IS NOT ONE AND DONE! VOTE! By Carla Feinkind Trump was found guilty of sexual assault and defamation against E Jean Carroll. He owes her 5 million dollars! Immediately, he was posting and loudly proclaiming that it was all LIES as he and HIS GOP fanned the flames of their basket’s hate and anger. He manipulates...Read More
GUN VIOLENCE PREVENTION – AN UPDATE By Joanna Williams (Thanks to Sara Knizhnik for her outstanding presentation at our May Meeting for much of the information in this article). Federal Since losing the majority in the US House, no Gun Safety Bills have been signed into law. However, an Assault Weapons Ban was introduced in...Read More
AWAKE / MAGA COMING AFTER OUR SCHOOLS By Nancy Kupca If you follow the local school board meetings like I do, you will see well-intentioned people getting up to speak on one side of an issue or the other. This is what the reception of visitors’ section of the agenda is for. But there are...Read More
“NOT IN OUR TOWN” – DOWNERS GROVE By Robin Tryloff Concerned about the growing antagonism against local public institutions, a number of Downers Grove residents recently came together to fight the hateful and threatening attacks on local schools and on the Downers Grove Public Library by forming the group: Not in Our Town-DG (NIOT-DG). Part...Read More
AWAKE / MAGA COMING AFTER OUR SCHOOLS By Nancy Kupca If you follow the local school board meetings like I do, you will see well-intentioned people getting up to speak on one side of an issue or the other. This is what the reception of visitors’ section of the agenda is for. But there are...Read More
KWAME DELIVERS FOR THE ERA! By Joanna Williams Good news, Bad news and Great news on the ERA! Good news: The ERA is already our 28th Amendment because first, Congress passed the ERA proposal in 1972 and second because ¾ of the states (38) have ratified it. Bad news: The Biden White House has not...Read More
