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Rep. Bailey takes legal action against Pritzker's stay-at-home extension

By Glenn Minnis | 5 years ago

Illinois state Rep. Darren Bailey (R-Xenia) has achieved a small victory in his lawsuit challenging Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s extension to the COVID-19 stay-at-home order through the month of May.

Paycheck Protection Program applications being taken through month of June

By Glenn Minnis | Apr 16, 2020

The Paycheck Protection Program is now up and running with the express purpose of helping small business owners to overcome the ravages of the coronavirus crisis.

Quincy small business owner fears damage from progressive tax

By Glenn Minnis | Mar 25, 2020

Quincy activist and small business owner Mecki Kosin wonders why Democrats in Springfield are so resistant to facing a reality regarding what she considers the dangers of the proposed progressive tax.

Illinois bars and restaurants closed Monday night due to COVID-19 threat

By Glenn Minnis | Mar 21, 2020

Quincy activist Mecki Kosin fears what could be the lasting effects of the coronavirus crisis now sweeping the country

Activist on bills regarding FOID cards: Many 'law-abiding gun owners are now leery of everything coming out of Springfield'

By Glenn Minnis | Mar 3, 2020

In another world, activist Mecki Kosin could see how more legal gun owners wouldn’t be so bothered by a bill that would require people who want to get a Firearm Owners Identification (FOID) card to submit fingerprints.

Firearms, ammunition tax proposal will not fix deficit, cure spending, activist says

By Glenn Minnis | Feb 14, 2020

Quincy conservative activist Mecki Kosin sees the proposed 10-percent added tax on assault-weapon sales as just another example of the poor policymaking that now has Illinois mired in such a fiscal mess.

From West Central Reporter

Rep. Frese joins GOP chorus demanding that Madigan 'step down immediately'

By Glenn Minnis | 6 years ago

Illinois state Rep. Randy Frese (R-Paloma) has jumped on the Madigan-must-go bandwagon, joining a group of four other GOP lawmakers who are demanding the resignation of House Speaker Mike Madigan (D-Chicago) amid a wave of FBI probes and harassment cases in which his name keeps appearing.

From Prairie State Wire

ILGOP adds Cook County Circuit Court Clerk to 'Democrat Crime Ring Tracker'

By Glenn Minnis | 6 years ago

The Illinois Republican Party has updated its Illinois Democrat Crime Ring Tracker to include the name of Cook County Circuit Court Clerk Dorothy Brown.

From Prairie State Wire

New session will reveal how serious Pritzker is about independent mapmaking

By Glenn Minnis | 6 years ago

All eyes will be on Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker at the start of the new session to see if the Democratic leader has any intention of making good on his pledge to bring fair electoral mapmaking to the state.

From Peoria Standard

Sen. Tracy stands behind bill to increase authority of Legislative Inspector General

By Glenn Minnis | 6 years ago

Illinois state Sen. Jil Tracy (R-Quincy) has thrown her support behind a measure she hopes will ultimately help restore trust in Springfield.

From DuPage Policy Journal

Congressional candidate Ives vows to assert her contempt for political corruption at the national level

By Glenn Minnis | 6 years ago

Illinois congressional candidate Jeanne Ives (R-Wheaton) is vowing to continue to be a thorn in the side of longtime Illinois House Speaker Mike Madigan (D-Chicago).

From Prairie State Wire

Illinois GOP calls for 'Democratic leaders to speak up' in light of new missteps by a Madigan associate

By Glenn Minnis | 6 years ago

The Illinois Republican Party is wondering how much longer longtime Democratic House Speaker Mike Madigan (D-Chicago) can feign ignorance with the strong scent of corruption swirling all around him.

From Prairie State Wire

ILGOP launches website to expose state Democrats' 'criminal enterprise'

By Glenn Minnis | 6 years ago

The Illinois Republican Party has launched a website aimed at exposing “the epidemic of Democratic corruption” across the state.

From Prairie State Wire

GOP-driven Manufacturer’s Purchase Credit to save $40 million in operations

By Glenn Minnis | 6 years ago

Illinois House Republicans are intent on keeping the manufacturing industry positioned as one of the state’s largest economic drivers.

From Prairie State Wire

Ideas Illinois chairman calls Pritzker's promotion of fair tax proposal 'inappropriate at best,' illegal at worst

By Glenn Minnis | 6 years ago

As chairman of the Vote No on the Blank Check Amendment, Greg Baise is demanding that Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker put an end to what he sees as an abuse of state taxpayers.

From Prairie State Wire

Illinois property taxes continue to stifle housing market, IPI reports

By Glenn Minnis | 6 years ago

Housing sales in Illinois continue to lag below the national average as the state's rising property taxes have all but crippled the market.

From DuPage Policy Journal

Ives not surprised that Exelon, ComEd, Madigan are key figures in federal corruption probe

By Glenn Minnis | 6 years ago

Jeanne Ives is not surprised to hear that Illinois House Speaker Mike Madigan (D-Chicago) may be at the heart of a widening public corruption probe centered on Commonwealth Edison's lobbying practices.

From Prairie State Wire

Unredacted Sandoval warrant reveals 'a crime ring masquerading as a political party,' ILGOP chairman says

By Glenn Minnis | 6 years ago

The Illinois Republican Party points to the recent raid on the home and offices of longtime state Sen. Martin Sandoval (D-Chicago) as an illustration of just how far the state's Democrats are willing to go to impose their will.

From Prairie State Wire

New Planned Parenthood mega-clinic 'preying on pregnant women in Illinois and Missouri,' group says

By Glenn Minnis | 6 years ago

With regard to Planned Parenthood's behemoth abortion facility that was built in secrecy near the southern Illinois-Missouri state line, leaders at the Thomas More Society insist they’ve seen this kind of thing before.

From Metro East Sun

Sen. Plummer deems Planned Parenthood's Downstate mega-clinic 'a complete disaster'

By Glenn Minnis | 6 years ago

Illinois state Sen. Jason Plummer (R-Edwardsville) is convinced that Planned Parenthood’s secret construction of a so-called mega abortion clinic in southern Illinois is a 'disaster' for the pro-life movement as well as state taxpayers.