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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.

Movie cites Illinois native David Kindred in media push to paint Richard Jewell as guilty in 1996 Olympics bombing

By W.J. Kennedy | Dec 11, 2019

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution (AJC) has launched a preemptive strike at legendary director Clint Eastwood and Warner Bros. with the release this week of “Richard Jewell,” the movie about the security guard first considered a hero after the 1996 Olympics bombing but who overnight became the No. 1 suspect courtesy of the media.

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Madigan 'bullying' income tax increase through legislative process

By W.J. Kennedy | 5 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.

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DeWitt GOP Chair Dustin Peterson running for Central Committee despite past run-ins with law

By W.J. Kennedy | 6 years ago

Dustin Peterson, chair of the DeWitt County Republican Party who is challenging Springfield’s Fred Floreth for his Central Committee post in the 13th congressional district, has a colorful past.