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Before Closing the Waukegan Coal Plant, Lawmakers Should Consider California’s Failures

written by Fred Palmer

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Higher Property Taxes, Lower Home Values and Increased School Spending Plague Illinoisans

by Nancy Thorner June 27, 2017

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Illinois averaged more than 40,000 permits for new single-family houses per year prior to the so-called Great Recession.

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Demand Lawmakers Enact a Permanent Smart Meter Opt Out for Illinoisans

by Nancy Thorner February 8, 2016

ComEd is investing $1 billion across its system to replace traditional analog meters with digital meters, which are said to be able to help lower bills and provide other benefits. The change is publicized as part of an ongoing $2.6 billion system upgrade to improve reliability. To date, ComEd has installed nearly 1.9 million Smart Meters and plans to have installed about four million Smart Meters on all homes and business in its territory by the end of 2018.

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Supreme Court Hands Huge Win to Families on School Choice July 1, 2020
Under the U.S. Constitution, states no longer may prevent parents from choosing religious schools if they are participating in a school choice program.
Security for me — but not for thee June 30, 2020
Three Minneapolis city council members have private security officers protecting them at city expense.
The Culture War and the Progressive Delusion June 30, 2020
The culture war isn't fought in Washington.
John Roberts Outsmarts Himself Yet Again June 30, 2020
Chief Justice Roberts’s capricious application of stare decisis is startling. After all, stare decisis didn’t stop him from overturning precedent in Citizens…
Social Media’s Election Interference - American Greatness June 30, 2020
What Facebook and Twitter are doing is no less insidious than meddling by a foreign adversary. Their activity is political, not commercial.
Opinion | Woke Capital Targets Free Speech June 30, 2020
Advertisers want to turn Facebook into a political enforcement tool.
Trump Will Win If He Responds to Righteous Voter Rage - American Greatness June 29, 2020
The hour of reckoning is here. Either Trump will crush the lawlessness and win swing voters to his side, or he will listen to the trimmers and lose the country.
The Morning Briefing: Will the 2020 Rage Mob Survive a Trip to the Suburbs? June 29, 2020
A friend of mine recently said that you-know-what was “gonna get real when they start going into neighborhoods.”
Bethany Mandel: The Showdown is On: Teacher’s Unions vs. Kids June 29, 2020
With school districts across the country announcing their plans for next year, it’s clear that a battle is brewing between teacher’s unions and parents.
How Far Gone Is Big Business? Part I June 29, 2020
Small business remains generally conservative, but big business is mostly on the Left. How can that be?