obama library

John Gregory -- Illinois Radio Network A former Republican candidate for governor is proposing an alternative to using public funds to pay for the Obama presidential library. State Sen. Bill Brady (R-Bloomington) is sponsoring a bill that would allow taxpayers to put part of their state income tax refund towards construction of the library...

There was a bit of controversy over last week's vote to devote $100 million in taxpayer dollars toward a Barack Obama presidential library. In case you missed the story, you can read a bit more about it here. There's also this account from a Chicago-area radio station: Nine representatives were recorded as voting for the bill, even though there were five lawmakers in attendance at the hearing... R