National Public Radio’s Debacle and the ‘Vibe Shift’ – Wirepoints
April 18, 2024
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Hopefully, all media will get the message, in Illinois, too.
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Growing property tax burdens make this state unlivable for too many Illinoisans – Wirepoints joins Tom Miller of WJPF Carbondale
April 18, 2024
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Ted joined Tom Miller of WJPF to talk about Illinois’ highest-in-the-nation property taxes, why lawmakers don’t want to touch the tax’s cost drivers, just how much Illinoisans’ tax burden has grown over the decades, why Gov. Pritzker failed to meet his promise to reform property taxes, and more.
Illinois education officials keep trying to hide their failures behind excuse of “higher test standards” – Wirepoints
April 17, 2024
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Illinois’ dismal education numbers – especially for minority students – are embarrassing to politicians and officials. But rather than admit there’s a problem with Illinois’ education system, they attack the state’s own standards for being “too high,” instead.
Wilmette protects government speech…but not free speech. – Wirepoints on AM 560 Chicago’s Morning Answer
April 17, 2024
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Ted joined Dan and Amy to talk about the free speech controversy brewing in Wilmette due to the city’s refusal to fly a religious freedom flag, the city’s left-wing excesses and the growing culture war, the latest money spent on the illegal immigrant crisis, and more.
Chicago Weekly Crime Tracker – Wirepoints
April 17, 2024
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Weekly crime statistics from the Chicago Police Department: Report through 4/14/2024.
You know its going nowhere when Trump tower hurting fish in Chicago River rates higher
The lack of public outrage is not so amazing when you consider that CPS is a political organization whose business is to not educate children (or protect them, God forbid) but to serve as a funding source for way too many entitled teachers and administrators and as a patronage farm for Rahm and fellow travelers. In addition, parents are afraid to complain too loudly, as teachers and administrators and politicos will make sure they or their kids pay for breaking the omerta. Welcome to the progressive worldview where politics trumps the good. Hear no evil. See no evil. Never, ever… Read more »
If only the children in our state school system had as much legal protection as the adults in our state pension systems. Who’s being diminished and impaired now?