Illinois State Senators Feigenholtz (D-Chicago) and Martwick (D-Chicago) are sponsoring a bill (SB 109) that will change the "Practitioner's Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment" (POLST) form by removing the requirement that a witness sign the form. Since the POLST form...

On Thursday, April 22nd, the Illinois House passed HB 2789, an authoritarian proposal sponsored by State Representative Michelle Mussman (D-Schaumburg). This bill adds an amendment to an existing law granting sole authority to determine whether, when, and under what...

We are disappointed to report that Gov. J.B. Pritzker wants the Illinois General Assembly to end the Invest in Kids Program, a tax-credit scholarship (TCS) program for low- and middle-income children.According to one source, this program has helped low-income families make...

Democrats in the U.S. Congress and within the Biden administration are calling for the repeal of the Helms Act, laws prevent federal tax dollars from being used to pay for abortion procedures in federally funded health programs. They are pushing this agenda even though on...

Abortion activists and left-wing lawmakers in Springfield are making the repeal of the Illinois Parental Notification of Abortion Act — which requires girls 17 and younger seeking an abortion to notify a parent or get approval from a judge to bypass the...

State Senator Melinda Bush (D-Grayslake) and State Representative Katie Staurt (D-Collinsville) are sponsoring legislation (HB 3195) in Springfield which would mandate that if an existing single-sex multiple-occupancy bathroom is converted to a mixed-sex bathroom, a...

“LGBTQAP”+ activists and their ideological allies in Washington D.C. have once again introduced a bill that is deceptively titled the "Equality Act" (H.R. 5).  The purpose of the "Equality Act" (better titled the Inequality Act) is to provide special privileges to...

State Representative Mary Flowers (D-Chicago) has filed a jaw-dropping bill, HB 80, that doesn’t propose merely “standards” or “guidelines” or even a type of curricula. Oh no, if passed, this bill would mandate the teaching of specific books on race and feminism: 20...

Earlier this month, State Sen. Ram Villivalam (D-Chicago) and State Rep. Kathleen Willis (D-Northlake) announced that they were reintroducing the so-called "Responsible Education for Adolescent and Children’s Health Act" (REACH Act). This mandate is  heartily endorsed...

U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-MO) has introduced a bill that would allow Americans to sue companies such as Twitter, Google, and Facebook for censoring political speech.    Please send a message to Illinois’ U.S. Senators Dick Durbin and Tammy Duckworth to ask...

As a member of IFI's Gideon's Army, we are asking you to commit to responding to every action item we send out as soon as you get it. As we work to educate and encourage key lawmakers on these issues in the hope they will vote the right way, it is imperative that residents...