The Real Story with Jeanne Ives and Amy Jacobson

In this episode, Jeanne and Kathleen react to Biden's Education Secretary telling Congress that he doesn't think that parents should be the ‘primary stakeholder’ of their child’s education; Nearly 600 United Airlines Employees Face Termination for Defying Vaccine Mandate; Peter Breen, a former State Representative and attorney for the Thomas Moore Society joins the show to discuss employees' and parents' legal options when it comes to vaccine mandates; Are we headed for a government shut down? The Biden / Pelosi Infrastructure Bill has stalled; And Governor Pritzker would be disappointed if the Chicago Bears moved outside of the city of Chicago.

In this episode, Jeanne and Kathleen discuss the worsening border crisis; the 3T spending bill that may destroy the Democrat Party before it destroys America; Dr. Susie Warden joins the show to talk about why she hasn't given up the fight with her local school board and neither should you; Could the Taliban get nuclear weapons?; and AOC "explains" her "present" vote.

District 200's 'Portrait of a Graduate' is met with mixed (and mixed up) reactions; Here he comes again: Sean Casten channels Dolly Parton;  Former DuPage County Auditor Bob Grogan joins the show to talk about the next steps in his recount and election integrity; Pfizer Vaccine now safe for children under five - that must mean it's time for the government to mandate it, and Marvel Studios could drop the ‘Men’ from ‘X-Men.’ Welcome to the New World Order.

In this episode of 'In the Spotlight,' Jeanne and Kathleen talk to Esther Joy King, a former humanitarian aid worker in Afghanistan, a JAG Officer and Congressional Candidate, about the successful operation she led to get families out of Afghanistan in the midst of the fall of Kabul. Also, Lori Lightfoot plans to increase Chicago’s property tax levy by $76.5M in 2022; Joe Biden heads to the beach as the nation burns;  Former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Mike Mullen calls for accountability for the botched Kabul drone strike that killed civilians, and officials plead with Biden for more resources as southern border worsens.

In this episode, Jeanne and Kathleen set the record straight on Glen Ellyn protests (again); as IL communities brace themselves for Governor Pritzker's Comprehensive Sex curriculum, an Ohio Mayor demands his school boards' resignation over a sexually explicit writing assignment; Unapologetic Nicki Minaj cancels cancel culture (and we love every minute); General Milley's calls to China; And USA Gymnasts are the gold-standard in courage, a review of their Congressional testimonies.

In this episode, Jeanne and Kathleen set the record straight on Glen Ellyn protests (again); as IL communities brace themselves for Governor Pritzker's Comprehensive Sex curriculum, an Ohio Mayor demands his school boards' resignation over a sexually explicit writing assignment; Unapologetic Nicki Minaj cancels cancel culture (and we love every minute); General Milley's calls to China; And USA Gymnasts are the gold-standard in courage, a review of their Congressional testimonies.

Joe Biden's 9/11 misses and the fall-out from his tyrannical vaccine mandate; Illinois has constantly missed the mark on reforming pensions. Where does that leave us? Actuary and Forbes columnist Elizabeth Bauer joins the show to discuss; A Glenbard North teacher who called a student a "piece of sh--" resigns; and A Weinstein accuser blasts the #MeToo Movement for missing their moment.

Joe Biden's 9/11 misses and the fall-out from his tyrannical vaccine mandate; Illinois has constantly missed the mark on reforming pensions. Where does that leave us? Actuary and Forbes columnist Elizabeth Bauer joins the show to discuss; A Glenbard North teacher who called a student a "piece of sh--" resigns; and A Weinstein accuser blasts the #MeToo Movement for missing their moment.

In this episode of In the Spotlight, Jeanne and Kathleen discuss Political WIll: The will continue to bring the battle for commonsense to school boards; The will to stand up for reason in the face of the state's powerful special interests on a new energy deal; the will to defy a narrative to protect your city; and the will to stand up against the woke ideologies that seek to undermine the documents that unite us. They also talk with Parkview Christian Academy President Jed Davis about the school's courageous decision to enter into a David v. Goliath battle against ISBE over Governor Pritzker's mask mandate.