News Release Bruce Meeks has filed a complaint with the Department of Justice that the referendum item of a mix of wards and at-large elected officials violates Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act as presented on the ballot. 1.) This hybrid system reduces the number of districts/wards by one. It increases the number […]
by Mychal Massie The other evening on my twitter, a person asked me why I didn’t like the Obama’s? Specifically I was asked: “I have to ask, why do you hate the Obama’s? It seems personal not policy related. You even dissed their Christmas family pic.” The truth is I do not like the Obamas, what they represent, […]
Durbin and Quinn: Thomson prison sale will happen THOMSON, Ill. — Illinois’ top leaders say the federal government will purchase Thomson Correctional Center in western Illinois for $165 million. The prison’s sale has been stalled for years, most recently because of opposition from a Virginia Republican who chairs a subcommittee overseeing the Bureau of Prisons. Congressman Frank Wolf rejected the sale request […]
