Prairie State Wire

Gonzales attorney believes evidence overlooked during Madigan case

By Colin Froment | Aug 27, 2019

An attorney of Jason Gonzales speaks out following Illinois House Speaker Mike Madigan being awarded a summary judgement motion amidst allegations that Madigan tampered with the 2016 March 2016 Primary Democratic Election ballot.

State spending 36 percent of money allocated for education on pension costs

By Colin Froment | Aug 20, 2019

Illinois Policy recently released a new study detailing how pension costs are negatively impacting budgets throughout the state’s school districts.

From DuPage Policy Journal

DuPage school board president condemns Cullerton indictment as another case of corruption

By Colin Froment | 4 years ago

DuPage County Regional Board of School Trustees President Cathy Hanzelin calls the indictment of Illinois state Sen. Thomas Cullerton (D-Villa Park) on Friday morning following numerous embezzlement charges another example of corruption that has plagued the state for too long.

Madison Dearborn’s Canning accuses Pritzker of dishonesty

By Colin Froment | Aug 5, 2019

Madison Dearborn Partners co-founder and Chairman John Canning published an article on Crain’s Chicago Business criticizing Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s dishonesty with his state income tax plan and provided three main solutions for Pritzker to fix Illinois most challenging community problems.

From Chambana Sun

UIUC not likely to take back Exceptional Achievement award from former Ecuador President Rafael Correa, says local activist

By Colin Froment | 4 years ago

One local activist is not convinced that the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) will rescind former Ecuador President Rafael Correa’s “International Alumni Award for Exceptional Achievement” that was given to him in 2009.

Former Democratic senators demand higher salaries for Illinois legislators in lawsuit

By Colin Froment | Jul 16, 2019

Former Illinois Sens. Michael Noland (D-Elgin) and James Clayborne (D-East St. Louis) filed a lawsuit against the state which, if successful, will increase state lawmakers’ salaries to more than $81,000 by 2020 to rank Illinois' legislative salaries as the nation’s fourth-highest.