Lawmakers Want to Put POT SHOPS in Your Neighborhood
By Kathy Valente   |   04.13.17
Illinois State Senator Heather Steans (D-Chicago) and Illinois State Representative Kelly Cassidy (D-Chicago) believe that legalizing marijuana for recreational use will be good for Illinois so they have introduced introduced SB 316 and HB 2353 and, as part of the...
End of March Springfield Update
By Kathy Valente   |   03.31.17
First, we wanted to let you know the good news.  Our lobbyist reports that SB 912 is not going to move forward. This is the proposal that we sent out an alert about earlier this week which would force religious...
900 Absentees on New Trier’s Progressive Dogma Day
By Laurie Higgins   |   03.06.17
In an October 2015 article about attendance rates in Illinois School District 60, the Chicago Tribune reported that "average daily attendance is up from 92 percent in 2010 to around 94 percent in 2014, and it hovers about equal to the state average, according to state board of education data."
Telemedicine Expands Medical Abortion, Now Potentially Even to Abortion by Mail
By Nancy Valko   |   02.22.17
Abortion clinics have been closing at a record pace. Since 2011, at least 162 abortion clinic have shut or stopped offering the procedure while just 21 have opened.[1]  Five states now have just one abortion clinic still open. New pro-life...
Massive Gambling Expansion in SB 7
By   |   01.18.17
Democratic Senate President John Cullerton and Minority Leader Christine Radogno negotiated an ambitious plan to end the budget impasse. Promising to act on a package by month's end, they introduced 13 measures that included sweeteners that are not budget-related for both sides.
2017 March For Life Chicago
By   |   01.18.17
Thousands gathered at Federal Plaza in Chicago on Sunday, January 15, 2017 to stand for LIFE!  Pro-life speakers at the march included Pat McCaskey of the Chicago Bears, three representatives from Congress, an abortion survivor, religious leaders, and pro-life students!  ...
U.S. Senate Sees First Win in Obamacare Fight
By John Biver   |   01.05.17
Yesterday a Washington Times headline read “GOP wins first Obamacare fight in Senate budget vote.” Katie Pavlich reported this at Townhall.com: Republicans eager to show quick action against Obama’s health care law took an initial procedural step Tuesday, introducing a...
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12.24.16
isaiah-9-6 We hope your days and weeks leading up to Christmas Day have been filled with opportunities for rich worship and contemplation of the enormity of what Jesus Christ’s first coming means to you in this life and what His second...
Six Comprehensive Ways to Pray During This Election Season
11.01.16
When you pray and list your desires before the Lord, is your habit to go on a tangent for the things you desire and how you want things to be? When your church sings a song you don't like, or when a bill is passed in Congress you don't care for, do you begin to pray the Lord will do what you desire to be done? In our prayer lives, we must be humble and thoughtful enough to ask the Lord what His desire is.
The Gates Foundation: Philanthropy Cloaked Abortion
By   |   10.25.16
When William “Bill” Henry Gates III was born to William Henry Gates II and Mary Maxwell Gates, in Seattle in 1955, little did they know he would grow up to be (reportedly) the world’s wealthiest man. Bill III and Paul...
Remembering September 11, 2001
09.11.16
“The memory of the righteous is a blessing,
but the name of the wicked will rot.”
~Proverbs 10:7~...
Target Is Being Deceptive
By   |   08.23.16
Last week, Target announced a $20 million public relations diversionary tactic to make you believe the company has changed its bathroom policy. Don’t fall for it. Target has not changed its policy. While it is true the company is adding...
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