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Heartland Newsfeed: what to expect in 2019

As we near our second anniversary online, we've passed many thresholds throughout 2018 and we would like to continue this success going into 2019. Some highlights from 2018: On fourteen occasions throughout the year, we've broken the top 100,000 websites worldwide as well as in the United States, Canada, United Kingdom and Australia. We peaked worldwide at #67,947, in the United States at #22,467, in Canada at #19,327, in the United Kingdom at #9,684 and in Australia at #27,447. We […]

todayDecember 28, 2018 34

Business & Lifestyle

GUEST EDITORIAL: Pensions keep Illinois in fiscal turmoil

Goodbye to Illinois’ $130 billion pension hole. Now it’s $133 billion. And getting deeper. Sometimes the clearest warning about Illinois’ fiscal crisis can be communicated using numbers, sometimes with a well-chosen phrase. Here we present both, as reminders during the period before a new Democratic governor takes office with a Democratic mega-majority, that the state’s messes will only worsen. Until lawmakers take decisive action. First, the awful numbers: For several years we’ve cited the figure of $130 billion to represent Illinois’ […]

todayDecember 16, 2018 26

holiday shopping Christmas shopping sales tax taxation

Business & Lifestyle

OP-ED: Holiday shopping and the sales tax Scrooge

The average American will spend around $800 on gifts this Christmas. But making those holiday buys in Illinois will leave many families wishing they could get more bang for their buck. Illinois passed its first state sales tax – 2 percent on all retail goods – all the way back in 1933. It not only replaced revenue that came from the old statewide property tax, but brought in a lot of new money as well. Fast forward to today: Illinois’ […]

todayDecember 16, 2018 76

Fight for $15 debate

Business & Lifestyle

OP-ED: Two wrongs don’t make a right in ‘Fight for $15’ debate

The "Fight for $15" an hour is back in Illinois, although it's not likely to be much of a fight and this time there's a bit of a twist. Democratic Gov.-elect J.B. Pritzker is telling anyone who will listen that he wants to gradually raise the state's minimum wage to $15 an hour starting in the first six months of his term that begins in January. Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner vetoed the last legislative attempt to gradually raise the state's […]

todayDecember 13, 2018 61

Peter Breen Stephanie Kifowit violence politics

Capital Area Region

COMMENTARY: Threats of violence have no place in politics

(Heartland Newsfeed) -- The lame duck session of the Illinois General Assembly got incredibly ugly Wednesday during discussion regarding overriding a bill veto. A bill which would increase the cap on tort lawsuit payouts from its current $100,000 to a cap of $2 million was placed under an amendatory veto by outgoing Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner. During debate in the veto override, in which legitimate financial concerns were made by Rep. Peter Breen (R-Lombard) were later mocked by Rep. Stephanie […]

todayNovember 29, 2018 49

Small Business Saturday

Business & Lifestyle

SCOTT: A ‘yes’ vote for Small Business Saturday makes year-round impact

Election Day has passed but you still have time to make one more “Yes” vote. I’d like to ask for you to do that for Small Business Saturday, which is Nov. 24 this year. Why is a yes for Small Business Saturday so important? Approximately 30 million small businesses ignite our local economies and enrich our communities throughout the year. In so many ways, they act as the glue that holds communities together. Small businesses create two out of every […]

todayNovember 21, 2018 18

Media

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EDITORIAL: It’s time to establish a Libertarian media conglomerate

(Heartland Newsfeed) -- 2018 made my fifth election cycle that I've voted in, but I have become incredibly disgusted with the biased coverage by the mainstream media which are either biased to the left or biased to the right. While Libertarian candidates getting more media coverage than in 2014 or 2016, the mainstream media still chooses to paint the candidates in a negative light and even go as far as setting ridiculous requirements for debate inclusion. While some major newspapers […]

todayNovember 11, 2018 107

Lucy Brenton for Indiana U.S. Senate

Decision 2018

GUEST EDITORIAL: Why Indiana voters should vote Brenton

As I engage with voters on the campaign trail, I hear over and over again, “Why should I vote for you?” I always welcome the opportunity to share my beliefs and Libertarian philosophies about freedom and liberty. As your senator from Indiana, I will demand a balance budget. I will end deficit spending. I will stop politicians from taxing us all into the grave and beyond. I will work to roll back and eliminate every program that is not authorized […]

todayNovember 5, 2018 53

Decision 2018

EDITORIAL: Iowa media scared of challenging the status quo in political debates

Being a third party has its own challenges. A clear example is the Libertarian and the fight for ballot access and major party status that has been going on since its inception in 1971. As a result of the 2016 presidential election, Libertarian affiliates in 42 states earned major or recognized status, as well as reduced ballot access thresholds. Iowa just happened to be one of these states, holding their first-ever Libertarian caucus earlier this year, with Jake "J.D." Porter […]

todaySeptember 23, 2018 49

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