September, 2016 Stories | Dupage Policy Journal

Schimpf 's 2nd Amendment support earns NRA endorsement

By Carbondale Reporter | Sep 30, 2016

Retired Marine Corps Lt. Colonel and 58th State Senate Candidate Paul Schimpf (R-Waterloo) recently announced that he has received the National Rifle Association’s (NRA) endorsement in his race against former Lt. Governor Sheila Simon to fill the seat of retiring State Senator David Luechtefeld (R-Okawville).

Rauner calls for political reform, referendums on fair maps, term limits

By Carbondale Reporter | Sep 30, 2016

Since the state Supreme Court ruled voter referendums can't be used to place measures on the ballot, Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner has called for state lawmakers to take action to restore redistricting to the November ballot and to also put term limits up for a vote.

Illinois, Chicago should declare bankruptcy to fix fiscal woes, ex-FDIC chief says

By Carbondale Reporter | Sep 30, 2016

The state of Illinois and the city of Chicago should seek bankruptcy protection to stop the fiscal bleeding and get back untracked, William Isaac, former chairman of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp., said in a recently published opinion piece.

Some say replace social-welfare system with 'basic income' model

By Carbondale Reporter | Sep 30, 2016

With the welfare system falling apart, it may be time to look at the possibility of a basic income for every American, a concept that has been championed by well-known economists and political scientists of the past and present including Milton Friedman, Friedrich Hayek and Charles Murray.