The Real Story with Jeanne Ives and Amy Jacobson

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Will Your Pension Be There When You Retire? May 08, 2023

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Your Pension, Your Job, or Your Home. Pick One.

Bryce Hill, the @illinoispolicy Director of Fiscal and Economic Research joins us to discuss the looming pension crisis in Illinois and what the Illinois Policy Institute has been working on since Jeanne left the State Legislature. What can be done to avert this crisis and ensure you do not lose your pension?

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Illinois Gun Ban Update and What are the Judges' Orders? May 03, 2023

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The Supreme Court gave Naperville a hard deadline, other suits around Illinois are being ruled on at the federal level.

Lockdown at Highland Park High School, and the school board ignoring pleas from parents to install metal detectors.

Susie Wahl joins Jeanne Ives to discuss these and other topics #twill #beinformed #illinois #scotus #2ndamendment

Who Wanted to Decriminalize Fentanyl? Apr 25, 2023

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Jeanne hits multiple topics on our Live stream (recorded April 25, 2023). Watch to see exactly what has caught Jeanne's attention this week.

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Green Energy

ComEd

Trial Risky home loans

Fentanyl

What is "The Green Breakdown"? Apr 20, 2023

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Steve Goreham joins Jeanne Ives to talk about his new book as well as the move to turn everything electric.

#twill #beinformed #illinois #greenenergy

Treason and Ukraine Apr 14, 2023

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As the season turns to spring we expect the fighting to pick up in Ukraine as both Russian and Ukraine forces continue to engage each other in this bloody war. Retired Colonel Roman Golash returns to the show to give us commentary and insight into this conflict from his family and sources within Ukraine. In what appears to be an absolute failure of national security, the US Government has been running damage control over leaked intelligence documents that were distributed over a discord channel by a junior enlisted national guardsman. We look into how damaging this could be to not only the war in Ukraine but the potential rifts between the United States and her allies, as well as the risk to our human intelligence on the ground. #twill #beinformed #ukraine #nationalnews #putin #biden

Will JB Pritzker Defy President Biden? Apr 11, 2023

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The Com Ed corruption trial is in full swing as more allies of former Speaker Madigan are called to the stand. While much of the corruption was known while I served as a legislator in Springfield, even I am finding out new things as this trial unfolds. Will Governor JB Pritzker defy President Biden as Illinois enters its 42nd month of emergency orders due to the pandemic? And three major public universities in Illinois are now on strike. We take a look at the status of higher education in our state. #beinformed #twill #illinois #chicago #Biden

Kane County should reject $2 Million from Leftist Non-Proft for Elections Mar 30, 2023

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With large sums of money flowing into the Kane County Election department, we look into who is behind this, what is this money being used for, and is this legal?

Debbie Kanarowski from Three Headed Eagle joins us to discuss what is going on in Kane County, IL.

#illinois #twill #elections #beinformed

Are Your Children Not Graded the Same? Mar 24, 2023

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New standards for grading in our schools has spurred a bit of a controversy in Illinois. Should you get a 50% grade if you do not turn in any work instead of a Zero? Is it unfair if you miss one assignment and it's weighted score makes it more difficult to pull your grades back up? These are the questions being asked in our schools right now.

Dr. Jessica Hockett, from the National Opportunity Project, returns to the podcast to give her perspective on this topic.

National Opportunity Project - https://www.nationalopportunity.org/

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An Update on the Gun Ban Lawsuit in Illinois Mar 11, 2023

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From Springfield Illinois to Vermillion South Dakota we hit the road and get the real story of the looming energy crisis that could hit Illinois. Why does Illinois have an entry problem and what are the democrats in Springfield doing to make the problem worse?

Illinois State Representative Dan Caulkins joins us to talk about his pending lawsuit against Governor Pritzker's 2nd amendment ban. We talk about this and more on the Real Story with Jeanne Ives.

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Can Illinois Find the Road to Recovery? Mar 01, 2023

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Congratulations to @IllinoisChannelTV and its 20th year of covering news from Illinois to DC. Jeanne Ives joins Terry Martin to discuss things National, Illinois, and Chicago.

Governor Pritzker's State of the Budget, as well as the defeat of Mayor Lightfoot, and how this will alter the dynamics of Illinois politics. It is now Paul Vallas versus Brandon Johnson for control of Chicago.

Technology has influenced the change in culture and consumption of news and media, we discuss how things have changed and how we both have adapted to new emerging technologies.

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