Kankakee Times

Illinois business policies hurt local girl's lemonade stand

By Colin Froment | Aug 23, 2019

Eleven-year-old Hayli Martenez came up with the simple, yet brilliant idea of developing the Haylibug Lemonade stand with her mother in order to raise money for college. Health departments, however, had issues with the business.

From Prairie State Wire

State spending 36 percent of money allocated for education on pension costs

By Colin Froment | 5 years ago

Illinois Policy recently released a new study detailing how pension costs are negatively impacting budgets throughout the state’s school districts.

From McLean County Times

Sen. Barickman: People should pick their politicians, not politicians picking their voters

By Colin Froment | 5 years ago

With the U.S. Supreme Court deciding June 27 that courts will no longer hold any responsibility in drawing legislative and Congressional maps that grant special benefits to the primary political party, Sen. Jason Barickman (R-Bloomington) is encouraging the public to support SJRCA4, a bipartisan measure to let Illinois voters make decisions on how to draw maps in a non-partisan system.