The Libertarian Party of Chicago meets usually on first Tuesdays at 7 PM at Fatpour Tap Works (2005 W Division St., Chicago, IL 60622). LPChicago.org
We advocate personal freedom and limited government. The Libertarian Party advocates personal freedom and limited government. We aspire to a society which is free to innovate, to create, and to solve problems via private initiatives rather than government coercion. Libertarians strongly oppose any government interference in personal, family and business decisions. We believe that all Americans sho
01/06/2026
The Cook County Libertarian Party believes in liberty for everyone.
No matter who you are, who you love, or how you identify, your rights belong to you, not politicians, not bureaucrats, and not special interests.
We stand for equal rights, free speech, personal freedom, and limited government for all people.
Liberty has no exceptions.
01/06/2026
"Members of the Illinois House ran out the clock on their legislative session early Monday without passing a bill to entice the Bears to build a new dome in their home state rather than cross the border to the east, denying the team the property tax certainty that the McCaskeys have insisted will decide the destination of their new dome."
https://chicago.suntimes.com/bears-stadium/2026/05/31/bears-stadium-bill-springfield-arlington-heights-hammond-indiana
01/06/2026
"Illinois lawmakers are also in line for a roughly 3% pay raise, which will bring their base salaries to $101,450. State law indexes their pay each year to the rate of inflation."
https://abc7chicago.com/post/illinois-lawmakers-pass-59b-budget-new-taxes-social-media-companies-crypto-fantasy-sports/19210755/
29/05/2026
"Johnson’s 'Protecting Renters Ordinance' hasn’t officially been introduced to the City Council, but it’s certain to be the latest test of his shaky ability to push his progressive agenda through the body. It includes a slew of new programs and regulations set to broadly restructure renting in Chicago."
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/05/29/mayor-brandon-johnson-renter-laws-landlords/?share=tlerg0tonmnmc2wnbbyr
28/05/2026
"According to investigators, Bolton received the vote-by-mail ballot intended for her mother after her mother had already died. Authorities allege Bolton filled out the ballot, signed her mother’s name and submitted it through an official ballot drop box despite knowing her mother could not legally vote."
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/waukegan-alderperson-casts-ballot-dead-mother
19/05/2026
"NCLA is challenging the law's constitutionality, contending that FOID violates both the Second Amendment and the Fourteenth Amendment, particularly the latter amendment's Due Process Clause.
"NCLA is suing Illinois State Police Director Brendan F. Kelly, Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul and Cook County State's Attorney Eileen O'Neill Burke, seeking injunctive relief on behalf of three plaintiffs."
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/civil-liberty-lawsuit-illinois-state-police-foid-gun-law
19/05/2026
If democracy only works when voters are forced into two choices, then it is not much of a democracy at all. Illinois deserves fair ballot access and real competition of ideas, not gatekeeping by political insiders.
The two-party system protects itself first, voters second.