As part of the state’s incentive package, Rockford Brake Manufacturing received an EDGE for Startups tax credit and has committed to creating 150 new full-time jobs, including hiring many from the original workforce.

State Rep. Stephanie Kifowit said, “Our tier two pensions fail federal law, and so we need to fix it because our pensions is a Social Security replacement plan. So those that are in the pensions do not get Social Security, and thus is why we are subsequently failing the law with regards to the Social Security replacement plan. So we are working with regards to that.”

State Rep. Li Arellano said none of the Democrats’ tax increases are popular. “Just this football season alone, I’ve been getting a ton of emails about the per-bet tax that we added. Obviously, we added cell phone taxes. Our fuel taxes are tied to inflation, so they’re just automatically going up. They’re getting hit by all these things,” Arellano said.

U.S. Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi, filing his petition to run for the U.S. Senate next year, told reporters outside the Illinois State Board of Elections he would not tell the General Assembly what to do, but congressional maps should be fair across the country. “If the Republicans are going to rig certain states against Democrats, then we need to act to neutralize it,” Krishnamoorthi said.

A screenshot of the email sent by state Rep. Margaret Croke to constituents Oct. 24 includes a “List of ICE Vehicles Seen Today,” including car makes, models and blacked out license plate numbers. Croke’s office sent the email out after recent actions by Gov. JB Pritzker and Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias to create official channels for the public to report and document ICE activity they say is unlawful.

“It’s absolutely irrational to believe that, in the name of diversity, you have to hand off the ability to arrest someone to a non-citizen. It’s just nuts,” said state Sen. Chapin Rose. “Now, there’s other practical aspects because if you’re an illegal citizen, you’re not allowed to have a gun in Illinois. And so there’s also all kinds of additional things with this, essentially, how do you even get a [Firearm Owners Identification] card to get a gun in the first place to be a police officer?”

The Commission on Equity and Inclusion is led by seven commissioners who are each paid more than $150,000, and a staff of more than 30 people with average salaries of nearly $100,000. But the new computer system the commission started using last year cannot automatically download certification data from other government entities – such as the city of Chicago – to complete its primary task, building a certified businesses list.

According to reports, 656 Illinois municipalities have decided to keep their grocery tax. Opponents say the tax hurts the communities poorest. Proponents say without the tax, they won’t be able to properly maintain roads and fund public safety.

Illinois at the very bottom, projected to shrink by 8% by 2050.

“The demagogic, anti-ICE bluster of Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker, Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson, California Governor Gavin Newsom, Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass, Oregon Governor Tina Kotek, and Portland Mayor Keith Wilson is nullificationist and state-rights supremacy to the core…. The escalating violence in Chicago, Los Angeles, and Portland bears an eerie resemblance to the precursors to the “Bleeding Kansas” madness of the late 1850s, in which, eventually, local law enforcement often ignored or joined in the violence of ad hoc thugs, sometimes in opposition to the federal government.”

“Our officers have been shot at and assaulted. They have faced death threats, doxxing and confrontations at their homes. Spotter networks in Chicago linked to street gangs and Mexican cartels track the movements of officers for Customs and Border Protection as well as Immigration and Customs Enforcement, relaying locations and enabling ambushes during routine enforcement operations. This month [in Illinois] a member of the Latin Kings gang was charged with putting <a class="ekxajjj0 css-i0lbhy-OverridedLink" href="https://www.dhs.gov/news/2025/10/06/latin-kings-gang-member-arrested-illinois-after-placing-hit-commander-large-border" target="_blank"

Let the reality of what the Democratic Party has become fully sink in. The consequences cannot be overstated.

“At some point, [Chicago] will go the way of Detroit in an irreversible plunge toward insolvency…. With the rise of Democratic Socialists in California, Illinois, and New York, these economic policies are likely to spread only to major cities. I fear that the result will be disastrous for our great cities. There is a perverse incentive for some of these politicians. Wealthy Republicans and conservative residents are fleeing these states, leaving Democrats more solidly in control. However, they are cutting off the top income earners and job creators. With the cutting off of subsidies under the Trump Administration, they must