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Lake County Board candidate has history of fraud, foreclosure, bankruptcy

A woman now running in the Democratic primary for Lake County Board once faced fraud charges for allegedly providing legal advice to immigrants without a law license.

By Glenn Minnis | Jan 23, 2020

From Will County Gazette

Chicago income tax would only drive more residents out, Sen. Oberweis cautions

By Glenn Minnis | 1 day ago

State Sen. Jim Oberweis (R-Sugar Grove) wonders how much longer Illinois taxpayers will be forced to carry the burden of poor policymaking.

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ILGOP Chairman Schneider demands action as non-citizens were registered to vote in 2018

By Glenn Minnis | 1 day ago

Illinois Republican Party Chairman Tim Schneider is demanding that a state-run program that automatically registers voters be immediately suspended amid reports that non-citizens were certified and cast votes in 2018.

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'Bipartisan leaders need to get their act together' and 'cut taxes now,' Rep. McSweeney fumes

By Glenn Minnis | Jan 21, 2020

Illinois state Rep. David McSweeney (R-Barrington) says there is plenty of blame to go around for an outmigration crisis that has seen the state's population decline in each of the last six years.

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ILLINOIS STATE SENATE DISTRICT 32: Senate Week in Review: Jan. 13 – 17, 2020

By Press release submission | Jan 21, 2020

In the wake of federal indictments, raids and elected official resignations, a special legislative panel heard testimony during the week on how to address ethics and lobbying legal loopholes.

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Challenger Bos insists that legislators – including Edly-Allen – be held to a higher standard

By Glenn Minnis | Jan 21, 2020

Ela Township Trustee Chris Bos (R-Lake Zurich), the Illinois House Republican challenger in the 51st District, is blasting rival state Rep. Mary Edly-Allen (D-Libertyville) for being slow to respond to the simmering Downstate rape scandal involving a longtime associate of House Speaker Mike Madigan (D-Chicago), and for being “disingenuous” when she finally did respond late l​ast week.

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ILLINOIS STATE HOUSE DISTRICT 51: Mary on the Matters to be held on January 25

By Press release submission | Jan 20, 2020

Mary on the Matters to be held on January 25

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ILLINOIS STATE HOUSE DISTRICT 53: Rep. Walker Celebrates Signing of Bill Accelerating Senior Homestead Exemption Expansion

By Press release submission | Jan 20, 2020

Rep. Walker Celebrates Signing of Bill Accelerating Senior Homestead Exemption Expansion

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ILLINOIS STATE HOUSE DISTRICT 57: Carroll Sponsors Legislation to Include Sexting in Sex Education Classes

By Press release submission | Jan 20, 2020

Carroll Sponsors Legislation to Include Sexting in Sex Education Classes

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ILLINOIS STATE HOUSE DISTRICT 61: Mason Pledges to Reform Domestic Violence Law

By Press release submission | Jan 20, 2020

Mason Pledges to Reform Domestic Violence Law

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ILLINOIS STATE HOUSE DISTRICT 60: Community Health Fair was a Strong Success!

Jan 20, 2020

Community Health Fair was a Strong Success!

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ILLINOIS STATE HOUSE DISTRICT 58: Townhall meeting with local legislators to be held on January 21.

By Press release submission | Jan 20, 2020

Townhall meeting with local legislators to be held on January 21.

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Sixty-first District candidate Yost stands for integrity and accountability in state government

By Glenn Minnis | Jan 18, 2020

Village trustee Dan Yost (R-Antioch) is challenging incumbent state Rep. Joyce Mason (D-Gurnee) in the 61st District in hopes of being a face of change in Springfield.

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Antioch trustee Yost strives to be part of 'major change' in Springfield leadership

By Glenn Minnis | Jan 18, 2020

Illinois House candidate Dan Yost (R-Antioch) has a hard time understanding how lawmakers in Springfield are proceeding on the issue of the state's runaway property tax rates.

From Prairie State Wire

Senate GOP Leader Bill Brady said to have voiced private support for abortion funding, gun control legislation

By W.J. Kennedy | 8 days ago

Former high-level aides to Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner has revealed that Senate Republican Leader Bill Brady (R-Bloomington) told the then governor he was right for signing HB 40 in September 2017, the law requiring Medicaid funding of abortions. At a separate meeting, Brady also recommended that the governor sign gun control bills should they reach his desk.

From Prairie State Wire

Rep. Casten is either 'presumptuous' or 'has trouble with the rules,' Ives says

By Glenn Minnis | 9 days ago

Illinois congressional candidate Jeanne Ives (R-Wheaton) would like to know when her 2020 opponent in the 6th District, incumbent U.S. Rep. Sean Casten (D-Downers Grove), will finally stand up and take some accountability.

From DuPage Policy Journal

Have You Heard the One About the Aspiring Career Pol with Property Tax Issues?

By Press release submission | 9 days ago

Careless or intentional, Sean Casten clearly intends to stay in DC a while.

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Casten, Durbin, Duckworth Urge DeVos to Ban Harmful Student Seclusion, Restraint Practices

By Press release submission | Jan 16, 2020

U.S. Representative Sean Casten (D-IL-06), along with U.S. Senators Dick Durbin (D-IL) and Tammy Duckworth (D-IL), led a letter to U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos, asking the Department to issue federal guidance banning public schools’ use of seclusion and restraint practices that restrict student’s breathing and create other life-threatening conditions.

From McHenry Times

ILLINOIS STATE SENATE DISTRICT 32: Senate Week in Review: Jan. 6 – 10, 2020

By Press release submission | 10 days ago

During the week, a Senate committee considered a possible end to the controversial use of seclusion rooms in public schools, which in many cases are used as calming rooms and are student initiated at times.

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House candidate Yost fears a progressive tax system after state's wealthy have all moved away

By Glenn Minnis | Jan 15, 2020

Illinois House candidate Dan Yost (R-Antioch) shudders at the thought of Illinois' future if the current Democratic leadership gets its way on Election Day.