https://www.wglt.org/local-news/2025-09-25/visionary-leader-ryan-whitehouse-remembered-for-his-advocacy-and-service This is a tragedy for his family, the Illinois Farm Bureau, and Connect Transit. Condolences to all.
By: Diane Benjamin Another h/t a reader Did you know State Representative Sonya Harper introduced a bill called Enslavement Era Disclosure and Redress Act? “This legislation mandates that any corporation or institution with ties to enslavement or the transatlantic slave trade disclose their historical involvement and provide redress if they wish to do business with […]
By: Diane Benjamin Phillip Nelson, former Director of the Illinois Department of Agriculture and former Director of the Illinois Farm Bureau, has stated that Candidate Rodney Davis has taken donations from a group who’s mission is directly adversarial to the mission of Illinois’ farmers. We found that Rodney Davis took donations in 2013, 2018, twice […]
Final clarification: Farm Bureau supports 4-7 Districts while maintaining at least 20 Board members. The alternate plan to the Democrats 20 districts is not 10, it should have been 5. That was a typo on my part. The Farm Bureau claims now they aren’t supporting any plan even though I was told they were. The […]
