Illinois Family Action

NOW WITH SOUND!! The Illinois Freedom Caucus today held on Monday (10/2/23) to demand answers to some of the concerns Manteno residents have with a Chinese company building a battery plant in their community. The Chinese company Gotion High-Tech Co. is in line for $ 7.5 billion in federal tax credits over five years, while the State of Illinois is kicking in an additional $536 million in subsidies to build the plant. The cost to build the plant is $2 billion and the subsidies add up to an astounding $3 million per job. “Manteno may not be in our districts, but the people of this community deserve to have their voices heard,” said State Representative Dan Caulkins (R-Decatur). “This deal was negotiated in secret without the input of Manteno residents. The Governor needs to answer their questions and address their concerns.” State Rep. Brad Halbrook (R-Shelbyville) said it defies common-sense to make a deal with a company with ties to the Chinese Communist Party without requiring any kind of disclosures. He said China’s human rights abuses make them a bad-faith partner in business deals.

On February 9, the Illinois General Assembly introduced two bills—one in the House, one in the Senate—both entitled the “Deceptive Practices of Limited Services Pregnancy Centers Act.” The contents of HB 2463, introduced by State Representative Terra Costa Howard (D-Lombard) and SB 1909, introduced by State Senator Celina Villanueva (D-Chicago) are identical, and both bills seek to radically curtail the operations of “limited services pregnancy centers.”

Anni Cyrus is the Founder of Live Up To Freedom, a grassroots group of international human rights activists focused on protecting and promoting the principles of freedom and equality outlined in the United States Constitution and the civil and human rights of all American citizens and legal residents, regardless of race, creed, religion, or political affiliation. She is a friend and frequent speaker at Illinois Family Institute events with one of her event videos reaching over 1.3 million views. Recently she interviewed two of IFA’s endorsed candidates running for the Republican nomination in the primary election taking place Tuesday, June 28th. In this video, Anni interviews our friend David Shestokas, who is running for Illinois Attorney General. We’ve known Dave for many years. We share his passion for the rule of law, our Founding Fathers and founding documents, and especially for God’s gift of freedom and self-government.

The United Southland Republican Women hosted a successful “Meet The Candidates” event at Francesca’s in Palos Park on May 11th! Candidates include: Niki Conforti, Rob Cruz, Gary Grasso, Scott Kaspar, Catherine O'Shea, and Keith Pekau.

The Tazewell County Republican Party, in cooperation with the Peoria County Republican Party and the Woodford County Republican Party hosted an event they called the Central Illinois Republican Governor Candidate Forum on Monday, April 25th, 2022. The candidates who took part in this forum are Illinois Senator Darren Bailey, Gary Rabine, Paul Schimpf, Jesse Sullivan, and Max Solomon. Illinois Family Action was proud to co-sponsor the event.

The Republican candidates for U.S. Senate gathered on March 26, 2022 at the Church of Christian Liberty in Arlington Heights for this IFA special event. The purpose of this forum (and the video) is to give Illinois voters an opportunity to hear directly from candidates without the interference, bias, and selective editing of the establishment media. We hope to foster discussions on the issues of importance to the candidates and to the voters in this election. The event was open to the public, and we had standing room only space. In addition to the panel of pastors, select questions were submitted in advance from the public via email.