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The battle for Illinois will be decided Nov 8th, 2022. Make no mistake, it's going to be close. Will the people re-elect King Executive...

I’m asked all the time for my thoughts by individuals on our County Treasurer, Erica Firnhaber. So I decided maybe I should tell...

Straight out of Shelby County, but following typical Illinois procedure, break the law then try to change the law. Proposed bill HB5182...

A majority of the Shelby County Board continues to vote on moving towards outsourcing all of the county's payroll processing. A smaller...

Illinois has handed out $7 billion in funds to schools across the state. ESSER funds (Elementary & Secondary School Emergency Relief...

More proposed emergency rules, bypassing legislature, and ignoring the judicial branch. Read JCAR's overview of how emergency rule...

Government creates problems. Private business solves problems. Public schools failed to listen to 90% or more of the people they...

Three of our school board members get it, and realize that we need to stand firm and fight back for the rights of our community. To be...

You can agree or disagree with the idea of quarantining healthy individuals, but it doesn't make it legal. There is no process of...

Months ago, while researching Tort Immunity (745 ILCS 10) for schools regarding personal liability, I always tend to read everything...

Attention Illinois government, consider this your 60 day probation period before you lose your recognition status as representation of...

I've spent the past 2 weeks speaking at school boards all over. Also carefully listening to the discussions had between board members...

For months, schools have been stating that they may lose funding or tort immunity if they go against guidelines. The problem, as I've...

Click to view the Shelby County Resolution While the rest of the economy has returned to normal, children and schools have not been...

Quality candidates are an issue. I'm guilty of paying no attention for years, not bothering to vote sometimes, and didnt even know who...

The board debated this for 2 years, had an arbitrator come to conclusion, then still didnt want to sign the 3 year contract for pay for...

You'd think this would easy. But go up to half of our county board members currently and ask if they have read the County Code front to...

Two people can get more done in a room than 22. We have 11 districts, and according to comparable counties with similar population, we...

Deputies use a lot of fuel in any given month in a big county with a lot of driving. One time purchase of a fuel tank will save 25 cents...

In February 2021, an agenda item was put forward to require audio recordings of all public meetings, including sparsely attended...