The Blunt Truth About Marijuana
Whether or not you have made up your mind about legalizing marijuana for recreational use, the Illinois Sheriffs and Chiefs of Police…
Kathy Valente
IFI Director of Operations Staff
Writing for IFI since 2014 125 articles
Articles by Kathy Valente
Addiction: Big Marijuana Targeting Children
Illinois' senior U.S. Senator, Dick Durbin, recently introduced legislation in Washington, D.C. to crack down on flavored tobacco in e-cigarettes. He believes Big Tobacco is…
A Prayer for Illinois
With about 4 weeks left of the Illinois General Assembly’s session and several bad bills that still could be voted on, it…
Rocky Mountain High Brings State to New Lows
Recently, a Colorado expert on the consequences of legalizing recreational marijuana spoke to groups in Bloomington, Pontiac, and Naperville, in addition to…
Persuading Illinois Voters to Avoid a Treacherous Pot Hole
Left-wing state lawmakers from Chicago want to legalize "recreational" marijuana throughout Illinois, and their allies in the media only seem to want…
The Equal Rights Amendment and Abortion
For those who weren’t politically active in the 70’s or never got around to learning the specifics about the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA),…
10 Reasons to Reject the Equal Rights Amendment
In an attempt to advance the “War on Woman” narrative, the pink-hat crowd wants to resurrect the 40-year battle to amend the…
Anti-Baby Bill Passes Senate! Contact Gov. Rauner!
This afternoon, HB 40 passed in the Illinois State Senate by a vote of 33-22. Thirty votes are needed for passage in…
National Day of Prayer on May 4th
The National Day of Prayer’s purpose is to honor God and to bring together the Christian community to intercede for America’s leaders…
Anti-Baby Bill Passes in Illinois House
How did they vote? After passionate testimony from both sides, HB 40 passed by a vote of 62-55 yesterday afternoon. Sixty votes…
Update on Hearing to Legalize Marijuana
Only two witnesses were allowed to testify at the joint hearing on marijuana on April 19th. Neither were from our side. One…
Lawmakers Want to Put POT SHOPS in Your Neighborhood
Illinois State Senator Heather Steans (D-Chicago) and Illinois State Representative Kelly Cassidy (D-Chicago) believe that legalizing marijuana for recreational use will be good…