CCI Radio Hour: Aug. 28, 2017

CCI Radio Hour: Aug. 28, 2017

Aug. 28, 2017 show Mary Massingale, CCI's director of communications, fills in as host since Bob Gilligan was in Springfield lobbying for the Scholarship Tax Credit. Sarah Brune, executive director of the Illinois Campaign for Political Reform, joins Mary to talk...
CCI Radio Hour: July 17, 2017

CCI Radio Hour: July 17, 2017

July 17, 2017 show After two years of gridlock, Illinois finally has a fully-funded budget — and an income tax increase. Jack Tichenor, interim director of the Paul Simon Public Policy Institute at Southern Illinois University and longtime statehouse journalist,...
CCI Radio Hour: June 19, 2017

CCI Radio Hour: June 19, 2017

June 19, 2017 show Dr. Brian Callister, an internal medicine specialist located in Reno, Nevada, joins Bob to tell the story of how an insurance company told him it would pay for assisted suicide rather than an expensive medical treatment for two of his patients. He...
CCI Radio Hour: May 15, 2017

CCI Radio Hour: May 15, 2017

May 15, 2017 show State Sen. Tim Bivins, R-Dixon, joins Bob to talk about last week's Senate passage of House Bill 40, which allows taxpayer money to pay for elective abortions for Medicaid participants and state employees. Gov. Bruce Rauner has promised to veto...
CCI Radio Hour: April 17, 2017

CCI Radio Hour: April 17, 2017

April 17, 2017 show Greg Dolan, associate director for public policy for Catholic education for the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, joins Bob to talk about what the Donald Trump administration means for Catholic education. The first school Trump visited as...
CCI Radio Hour: March 20, 2017

CCI Radio Hour: March 20, 2017

March 20, 2017 show Sr. Carol Keehan, president and CEO of the Catholic Health Association (CHA), joins Bob to talk about the American Health Care Act, which is the U.S. House GOP's answer to the Affordable Care Act, aka Obamacare. CHA opposes the AHCA, pointing...