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Breen fumes 'the government is strangling Illinois independent restaurants'

By Glenn Minnis | Jan 18, 2021

Peter Breen doesn’t mince words about how he thinks the government is behind Illinois’ sputtering economy.

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Curran slams governor's shutdown: 'We have most stringent COVID restrictions ... and what has it gotten us?'

By Glenn Minnis | Jan 17, 2021

Former Republican U.S. Senate candidate Mark Curran is at a loss in understanding the logic of Gov. J.B. Pritzker.

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Dodge: Illinois governor's COVID rules not focused on the 'most vulnerable'

By Glenn Minnis | Jan 12, 2021

Jim Dodge laments Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s list of victims stemming from his handling of the COVID-19 crisis seems to grow longer each day.

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Curran: 'Nothing being done' by Illinois lawmakers to address declining population

By Glenn Minnis | Jan 12, 2021

Former U.S. Senate candidate Mark Curran raged that Springfield is doing the one thing the state can least afford to in the struggle to re-establish its tattered reputation.

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Breen points to key reason for state exodus: 'Government at every level has been hostile to people'

By Glenn Minnis | Jan 9, 2021

Former Republican House Floor Leader Peter Breen doesn’t see how democrats in Springfield can still run from the facts.“Politicians who run Illinois have done everything possible to distract from the loss of people that have suffered for many years,” Breen told the Prairie State Wire.

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Dodge fears Illinois' outmigration won't change 'until we restore trust in political institutions'

By Glenn Minnis | Jan 7, 2021

Former Illinois State Treasurer candidate Jim Dodge is convinced Illinois’ dwindling population can be directly traced to what’s happening in Springfield.

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Curran prefers term limits to recall measures when it comes to reducing politicians' power

By Glenn Minnis | Jan 4, 2021

Former Republican Senate candidate Mark Curran admits he’s not sure how much difference a GOP-sponsored proposal that would give voters the power to recall elected officials really has.

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'Last few months have exposed certain elected officials as unfit for office,' Breen says

By Glenn Minnis | Jan 3, 2021

Former House member Peter Breen (R-Lombard) is elated to see Illinois residents finally take a stand for themselves by supporting the push for voters to be able and recall elected officials.

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Dodge laments 'it's heartbreaking' to see so many small businesses wiped out

By Glenn Minnis | Jan 3, 2021

Orland Park Village Trustee Jim Dodge stresses at the thought of there now being to different Illinois.“It certainly is heartbreaking to see the way things have happened here since the COVID pandemic started,” Dodge told the Prairie State Wire.

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Dabrowski blasts governor's COVID-19 response: 'There is no data being presented that justifies it'

By Glenn Minnis | Jan 1, 2021

Wirepoints President Ted Dabrowski wonders if Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s understands the depths of the damage he’s doing to Illinois with his COVID-19 edicts.

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Breen fumes at governor's latest mandates: 'Small business has been left to die under Pritzker'

By Glenn Minnis | Dec 31, 2020

Conservative activist Peter Breen argues Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s approach to controlling the COVID-19 pandemic was always doomed to fail.

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Curran criticizes governor's handling of COVID-19 crisis: 'The way we’ve closed the state is really a tragedy'

By Glenn Minnis | Dec 31, 2020

Former Republican U.S. Senate candidate Mark Curran is convinced Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s handling of the COVID-19 pandemic has come to be a central part of the problem.

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Curran criticizes governor's latest restrictions: 'People are really losing everything'

By Glenn Minnis | Dec 27, 2020

Former Republican U.S. Senate candidate Mark Curran argues Gov. J.B. Pritzker should have seen the rebellion he now faces over his COVID-19 pandemic handling coming.

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Breen insists small business owners standing up to Pritzker restrictions 'a matter of life and death'

By Glenn Minnis | Dec 13, 2020

Former Illinois Republican House candidate Peter Breen (R-Lombard) always knew things had to come to do this for people in the community, especially small business owners, to stand up and speak against Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker's (D) latest restriction of imposing a shut down order for dining inside at restaurants.

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Former candidate Curran: ' anyone supporting Jim Durkin needs to go'

By Glenn Minnis | Dec 3, 2020

Going forward, former House candidate Mark Curran wonders how the Illinois Republican Party can win.“Jim Durkin refused to support me against his close friend Dick Durbin for U.S.

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Dabrowski says he isn't quite ready for Madigan to go, and 'nobody knowns for sure' what the future holds

By Glenn Minnis | Dec 2, 2020

Ted Dabrowski isn’t quite ready to herald the fall of longtime House Speaker Mike Madigan just yet.“Nobody knows for sure,” the Wirepoints president told Chicago City Wire.

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Breen charges speaker's cancellation of Veto Session is 'about self-preservation'

By Glenn Minnis | Nov 25, 2020

Former Republican state House candidate Peter Breen argues the Illinois House speaker’s latest actions are to be expected.

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Curran finds silver lining in session cancellation: 'The less they’re there, the fewer bad laws they can pass'

By Glenn Minnis | Nov 20, 2020

Mark Curran is trying to see the positive in what some see as a dereliction of duty on the part of lawmakers in Springfield.

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Dabrowski blasts state Democrats over canceled session: 'Taxpayers everywhere should be appalled'

By Glenn Minnis | Nov 20, 2020

Wirepoints President Ted Dabrowski has a one-track mind when it comes to getting the state’s long-muddled finances in order.

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Curran predicts Pritzker could try progressive tax again: 'He’s got to find other ways to come up with the money'

By Glenn Minnis | Nov 13, 2020

Mark Curran doesn’t envy the position he thinks Gov. J.B. Pritzker finds himself in now that his progressive tax legislation has been so soundly defeated.