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From Prairie State Wire

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

By Glenn Minnis | 4 days ago

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

Oak Park activist speaks out against trustee's actions following controversial board meeting

By Glenn Minnis | Nov 1, 2019

Oak Park resident Steve Krasinsky is blasting Village Trustee Dan Moroney for letting his ongoing feud with fellow board member Susan Buchanan compromise the safety of the entire community.

From Prairie State Wire

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

By Glenn Minnis | 18 days 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.

Oak Park resident denounces trustee for escalating village board meeting's diversity debate through media

By Glenn Minnis | Oct 30, 2019

Oak Park resident Alec Harris is rallying to the defense of village board member Susan Buchanan after she dismissively ordered colleagues to “shut up” during an intense debate over the village’s diversity statement.

Dissension grows among Oak Park Village Board members in aftermath of Buchanan's Oct. 7 outburst

By Glenn Minnis | Oct 27, 2019

Oak Park Trustee Christine Ferno is pointing an accusatory finger at one of her colleagues as his running feud with fellow board member Susan Buchanan picks up steam.

From Prairie State Wire

Illinois property taxes continue to stifle housing market, IPI reports

By Glenn Minnis | 24 days 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 Prairie State Wire

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

By Glenn Minnis | 1 month 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 | 1 month 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 | 1 month 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.

Lyons GOP announces candidate meet-and-greet tonight at LaGrange Village Hall

By Glenn Minnis | Oct 3, 2019

The Lyons Township Republican Organization is encouraging residents to take back their community after the town’s City Hall was the scene of a federal raid late last month.

From Chicago City Wire

Taxes will continue to rise until there is pension reform, says WFLD Fox president and GM

By Glenn Minnis | 2 months ago

WFLD Fox 32 Chicago President and General Manager Dennis Welsh did not mince words about the perilous place Illinois’ growing pension crisis has left the state in during a recently aired editorial on the network in which he predicted voters are primed for revolt given anything short of pension reform.

From Prairie State Wire

Illinois’ pension debt remains worst in the nation

By Glenn Minnis | 2 months ago

Illinois’ record-setting 2017 income tax hike has done little to slow the state’s rising pension costs, leaving state taxpayers on the hook for nearly $250 billion in unfunded public pension liability.

From Prairie State Wire

Motorists get no relief from periodic efforts to eliminate Illinois' toll system, IPI reports

By Glenn Minnis | 2 months ago

The prospect of Illinois' tollways becoming “freeways” has proven to be an agonizingly slow process that still has not come close to fruition.

Zoning board considers allowing marijuana dispensaries to operate in River Forest

By Glenn Minnis | Sep 15, 2019

The River Forest zoning board will soon begin studying a potential amendment to the village code that would allow for recreational marijuana dispensaries to do business in the community.

From North Cook News

Illinois State Rifle Association appealing Cook County assault rifle ban to Supreme Court

By Glenn Minnis | 2 months ago

The Illinois State Rifle Association (ISRA) is taking its fight for gun rights to the courts.