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La Shawn Ford is the chief sponsor of HB 1 which will legalize several hallucinogenics, such as psilocybin - a psychedelic ingredient found in magic mushrooms. Big Marijuana has already saturated our state with $1.5 billion in sales last year alone. And as a result,...

Illinois Democrats pass a Planned Parenthood "wish list" on the last day of the Lame Duck session. On Tuesday afternoon, January 10th, the Illinois Senate passed  HB 4664 by a vote of 41 to 16. While this bill was signed into law by Governor JB Pritzker on Friday,...

State Sen. Villivalam (D-Chicago) is the chief sponsor of an Amendment to HB 5188, a bill that would mandate a horrific K-12 sexual education law which is heartily endorsed by Planned Parenthood of Illinois, the ACLU and by Illinois' premiere "LBGT" activist organization,...

Right on schedule, the new year will bring (yet another) onerous increase in gas taxes for Illinoisans: the gas tax is set to be increased to 42.5 cents per gallon, effective January 1, 2023.  The state gas tax was 19 cents per gallon before J.B. Pritzker took...

On December 17, 2021, Governor JB Pritzker signed HB 370 into law, effectively usurping parental rights in Illinois. This was done at the behest of abortion activists and left-wing lawmakers who lobbied for years in Springfield to repeal the Illinois Parental...

Federal legislation that would shield abortion rights nationwide and supersede state laws like Texas’ six-week abortion ban may come up for a vote in the U.S. Senate this week.Sponsored by left-wing U.S. Senator Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT], the Women’s Health Protection Act...

Send a message to your U.S. Representative in Washington D.C. asking him/her to increase the standard itemized deduction for single taxpayers and those filing joint returns. Ask them to support “The Right to Give Initiative.”This simple change, which will be communicated by...

Ask your state representative to co-sponsor and champion HB 5723. This proposal was introduced a few weeks ago by State Representative Mark Batinick (R-Plainfield) and would cap the sales tax on gas at 18 cents per gallon for motor fuel and 80% of that amount for gasohol...

With only a few days left in the session, new abortion legislation has been introduced and fast-tracked.  House Bill 1464, seeks to protect "health care" professionals after they've been punished by other states’ laws protecting the lives of innocent pre-born humans...

HB 4116 weakens employer drug policies in the workplace. While HB 4114 states that "nothing in this Act prohibits an employer from ... implementing and enforcing workplace policies regarding the possession, use, or impairment of lawful products in the employer's workplace...

An Illinois House amendment to SB 828 would give incarcerated felons voting rights. It came 3 votes short of passing in the House earlier this year and was placed on postponed consideration so that the sponsors can call it again. If passed, it will move quickly to the...

State Rep. Lakesia Collins is pushing HB 4626 in Springfield, which if passed, would expunge every occurrence of the pronouns “he,” “she,” “his,” and “her” from existing laws pertaining to children. These left-wing lawmakers are also seeking to erase mentions of “uncle,...

State Representative Barbara Hernandez (D-Aurora), is sponsoring HB 4247, which requires all Illinois public colleges and universities to provide emergency contraceptives in an easily accessed vending machine. Each of the schools would have to provide at least one of the...

State Representative Sam Yingling (D-Round Lake Beach) has introduced HB 5162, which would prevent any state money from going to organizations that help people sort out the possible reasons for their homoerotic attractions and gender confusion:Provides that the State shall...

HB 4799 allows for up to 5 marijuana plants to be grown in homes.IFI strongly opposes this bill for the following reasons:The underground black-market will grow. In Colorado, where home grows are legal, the black-market operates in plain sight by buying and gutting large...

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