Category: Political

Pritzker, Bailey offer different visions for Illinois education

By Peter HancockCapitol News Illinoisphancock@capitolnewsillinois.com Governor JB Pritzker said during Illinois State Fair festivities this month that he agrees public schools need more funding. But he also boasted about the additional funding his administration has already provided, and he said that has led to improved performance in reading and math,

Reader’s Voice: Democrats ready to kick butt across U.S.

August 21, 2026Dear editor; The following letter is intended to support Democrats like Angie Nixon. Angie Nixon won the Democratic U.S. Senate nomination in the Florida Primary August 18. The next day she was interviewed on MS NOW’s Morning Joe to answer questions about affordability, universal health care, immigration and

Reader’s Commentary: Socialism/communism: Denies individual freedoms, worth

By Bela “Bill” Suhayda Do you want to own your own home? Would you like to build your own business? Do you believe the wages you earn should reflect the skills and efforts you’ve made to be productive? If your answer to these questions is “yes”, you just said “no”

Data centers emerging as key issue in Illinois governor’s race

By Maggie Dougherty & Ben SzalinskiCapitol News Illinoisnews@capitolnewsillinois.com When governor JB Pritzker signed tax incentives for data centers into law in his first year as governor in 2019, Republicans and Democrats celebrated the plan as an economic driver. “In today’s world, data centers are as critical a part of our

Illinois will not change child vaccine guidelines after Trump executive order

By Ben Szalinski & Associated PressCapitol News Illinoisbszalinski@capitolnewsillinois.com The Illinois Department of Public Health is not adopting new federal child vaccine guidelines and will continue following recommendations by a leading pediatric medical group. President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Monday that calls for giving the measles, mumps and

Pritzker, Bailey farm forum

By Ben SzalinskiCapitol News Illinoisbszalinski@capitolnewsillinois.com Illinois farmers heard pitches from incumbent governor JB Pritzker and downstate Republican farmer Darren Bailey, Monday as each argued they’re best positioned to address agricultural issues. Bailey, a former State lawmaker who was also his party’s nominee for governor in 2022, told the crowd at

Reader’s Commentary: Defending family’s honor, first-hand communism experience

By Bela “Bill” Suhayda Charles Coddington, in a recent contribution to his communist legacy here in The Voice, wrote if our government would’ve simply nationalized/confiscated U.S. oil companies… our government could have controlled the price of gasoline so the public wouldn’t have experienced high prices on fuel during this war.

Opinion: Blurring the line of democrats, communists

By Bob Mangers, veteran, Yorkville What’s the difference between democrats and communists today? Very little! The once proud Democratic Party is disappearing. They have gone from being called democrats, progressive democrats, democratic socialists, and now some profess to be communist. According to news reports there are 35 democratic socialists running

Reader’s Commentary: Orwell wrote about totalitarianism/communism, not the U.S.

By Bela “Bill” Suhayda Wayne Johnson announced to the readers of this publication he is doing a re-read of George Orwell’s classic Novel “1984.” Johnson does to this novel what subversives do to democratic societies, they turn them upside down. Johnson tells us the book has become a difficult read.

Reader’s Commentary: Rebuttal to Chas: Greenshirt allegations a step too far

By Bela “Bill” Suhayda I’ve branded Charles Coddington a communist because he speaks, thinks, and writes things communists live by (see The Voice archives for proof). Charles supports confiscation of private property, nationalizing our banks, nationalizing airlines, nationalizing energy production and a host of other industries. He supports government control

Reader’s Commentary: Democratic socialists: The new alias for communists

By Bela “Bill” Suhayda Many in today’s Democratic Party call themselves democratic socialists. They put democratic in front of the word socialist to soften the socialist stigma conjured in the minds of the voters. This doesn’t work with those who understand democratic socialism is a euphemism for Communism. It only

Reader’s Commentary: Leftist communists taking over U.S., enemy from within

By Bela “Bill” Suhayda Who is the Neville Chamberlain of “The Voice?” It’s Charles “The Chas” Coddington of course. He recently announced his opposition to all of America’s wars in the May 21 edition of The Voice. What a great pacifist he is for opposing every war the U.S. has

Reader’s Commentary: Operations in Iran came from years of threats/terrorism

By Bela “Bill” Suhayda When someone says “I will kill you”…believe them. Only fools ignore threats against their lives. For 50 years Iran’s mullahs (an honorific title for a Muslim cleric, imam, or scholar) and ayatollah Ali Hosseini Khamenei have threatened us saying “death to America” and “death to Israel.”