Nothing seems to come easy for Republicans when it comes to settling on a Speaker of the House. Tax cuts in Iowa are on the way after the latest report of a surplus. And the Illinois governor puts pressure on the President for help deal with migrants. Now the President will allow the border wall […]
Wednesday night brought us the first glimpse of some of the Republican presidential candidates together. Eight of the 14 candidates appeared for the first debate in Milwaukee. We’ll talk about some of it with former Iowa Republican Party Chair Steve Grubbs and Scott County Democratic Party Chair Kay Pence. Nine of the candidates qualified for […]
Let’s revisit another segment of this week’s Republican Presidential debate. The moderators did a good job raising several issues on the minds of Americans. One where we saw significant differences among the candidates came on the topic of whether the United States should continue to increase funding to help Ukraine defend itself against Russia. RON […]
Illinois will have a new law take effect at the end of August. It’s House Bill 2220 that’s an amendment to the Innkeeper Protection Act. This gives hotels the power to kick out guests who misbehave. That includes obvious things like making verbal or physical threats, underage drinking, illegal drug use, destruction of property, violating […]
There’s a push to crack down on banking executives responsible for the collapse of their financial institutions. Iowa could ban the state’s public universities from spending money on diversity, equity and inclusion programs. And Illinois lawmakers consider a proposal to let people who aren’t United States citizens become police officers. We’ll talk about that this […]