Governmental Watchdogs
President Donald Trump signs $15.3 billion hurricane disaster relief, debt ceiling measure
WASHINGTON (UPI) -- President Donald Trump on Friday signed a package to provide $15.25 billion for hurricane disaster relief and raise the debt limit, the White House press secretary said. U.S. President...
Read moreIllinois Secretary of State issues consumer warning regarding flood-damaged vehicles from recent hurricanes
SPRINGFIELD (Heartland Newsfeed) -- Illinois Secretary of State Jesse White issued a warning Wednesday to consumers looking to purchase used vehicles to beware of flood-damaged vehicles resulting from flooding caused...
Read moreIllinois Republicans: J.B. Pritzker and former governor Blagojevich used pay to play tactics, according to Chicago Tribune report
CHICAGO (Heartland Newsfeed) -- In a press release released today from the Illinois Republican Party, party spokesman Aaron DeGroot reveals a bombshell Chicago Tribune report regarding Democratic Party gubernatorial hopeful J.B. Pritzker's...
Read moreLibertarian Party denounces the end of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program
WASHINGTON (Libertarian Party) -- The Trump administration has announced that it will end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program commonly known as DACA. DACA protects immigrants who came to the...
Read moreUnited Airlines won’t be fined for forcibly removing passenger from seat
WASHINGTON (UPI) -- Federal officials won't fine United Airlines over an incident in April in which a passenger was forcibly removed from his seat after the airline oversold the flight, it...
Read moreWatchdog report: Social Security Administration paid $38 million to dead veterans
WASHINGTON (UPI) -- The Social Security Administration paid out nearly $38 million to veterans that were already dead, according to an Inspector General report released last week. A veteran salutes during...
Read moreRep. Brad Halbrook calls for wiser approach to state K-12 funding
SHELBYVILLE (Heartland Newsfeed) -- State Representative Brad Halbrook (R-Shelbyville) recently called for K-12 funding to be more focused following a report on the alarming rapid growth of education in the...
Read moreRep. Jeanne Ives points to Coles County assessment suit as proof system is broken
SPRINGFIELD (Heartland Newsfeed) -- State Representative Jeanne Ives (R-Wheaton) wants the Illinois Department of Revenue to investigate every Illinois county to determine whether property assessments have been performed according to...
Read moreIllinois Policy Institute: Moody’s warns delay of state funding for Illinois schools a ‘credit negative’
SPRINGFIELD/CHICAGO (Illinois Policy Institute) -- State lawmakers keep giving ratings agencies reasons to downgrade Illinois government: pension crises, years of bad budgets and a two-year budget impasse are just a...
Read moreCircuit clerk issues statement regarding civil case e-filing
HILLSBORO (Heartland Newsfeed) -- Starting January 1, 2018, all civil cases in Illinois must be e-filed and Montgomery County Circuit Clerk Holly Lemons wants to make sure court users are...
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