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Former highway commissioner Gasser: Rabine 'understands the serious effects of oppressive taxation'

By Glenn Minnis | Sep 14, 2021

Andrew Gasser is convinced Gary Rabine is the right answer for Illinois.

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Illinois church camp, conference linked to nearly 200 COVID-19 cases

By Glenn Minnis | Sep 4, 2021

At least 29 fully vaccinated people are among the nearly 200 to suffer COVID-19 infections during a church camp and conference in central Illinois.

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Wirepoints claims bill is proof that ISBE, governor cannot enforce COVID mandates

By Glenn Minnis | Sep 3, 2021

Government watchdog Wirepoints says a recently introduced bill shows that Democratic lawmakers don't believe Gov. J.B. Pritzker has the authority to enforce his school masking mandate.

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Conservative Union's Davis: Bill 'legalizes the sexual grooming of the state’s children'

By Glenn Minnis | Sep 2, 2021

Illinois Conservative Union Chairman Carol Davis is blasting Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s signing into law a bill that adds new personal health and safety education standards for students as early as in kindergarten.

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Klitzing: 'Springfield insiders will do anything to elect a Supreme Court that will serve them'

By Glenn Minnis | Sep 2, 2021

Nick Klitzing, president of the Judicial Fairness Project, worries about where he sees the state’s high court heading from here.

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Nowlan: 'Dems are worried that the old 3rd District has become a Republican district'

By Glenn Minnis | Sep 2, 2021

Citizens for Judicial Reform chair Jim Nowlan says there’s a method to the madness in the way Democrats have drawn the new legislative maps that figure to have a hand in the way politics are structured across the state for at least the next decade.

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Nowlan: Newly drawn 3rd 'looks like a district that was basically created for' Democratic candidate O'Brien

By Glenn Minnis | Sep 2, 2021

Citizens for Judicial Reform chair Jim Nowlan points to the new 3rd District as an example of the way Democrats worked to stack the deck in their favor with the latest map redistricting.

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Nowlan: 'Both Republicans and Democrats have opportunities to win' in the 2nd Supreme Court District

By Glenn Minnis | Sep 2, 2021

Citizens for Judicial Reform chair Jim Nowlan is hoping to see state Democrats' best laid plans go awry when it comes to their latest map redistricting efforts.

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Schimpf: 'Pritzker has lost the moral authority to lead our state on the pandemic'

By Glenn Minnis | Sep 1, 2021

Republican candidate for governor Paul Schimpf has a whole host of reasons for why he’s convinced Gov. J.B. Pritzker is the last man that should be leading the state in the fight against COVID-19.

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Conrad: 'Do I, a healthy, unmasked person, cause a real threat to the public?'

By Glenn Minnis | Aug 31, 2021

Tim Conrad is warning parents across Illinois they could be next after he was recently hit with trespassing charges at a local school board meeting for not wearing a mask in violation of Gov. J.B.

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Tucker: 'I don't think the mandates have really done anything, obviously, to stop the virus'

By Glenn Minnis | Aug 31, 2021

Labeling all the mandates and lockdowns “a bridge too far,” Libertarian Party of Illinois Executive Director Justin Tucker is saluting parents for “making their voices heard” against what he sees as Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s ongoing abuse on the COVID-19 front.

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Libertarian Party's Tucker: 'Mandates and lockdowns are a bridge too far'

By Glenn Minnis | Aug 31, 2021

Libertarian Party of Illinois executive director Justin Tucker argues all of Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s restrictions have almost caused as much damage to the state as the COVID virus itself.

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Schimpf: Schools should 'concentrate on academics rather than social engineering'

By Glenn Minnis | Aug 30, 2021

Republican gubernatorial candidate Paul Schimpf is sounding the alarm about a bill signed into law by Gov. J.B. Pritzker that mandates sex education for sixth through 12th grade and establishes “safety” training for students as early as kindergarten.

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Schimpf: 'Policy decisions ought to be made by local school board members'

By Glenn Minnis | Aug 30, 2021

Republican candidate for governor Paul Schimpf views Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s new mask mandate as just the latest example of him abusing his powers.

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Author Kerr says IHSA 'should continue to align with ISBE' on mask mandate

By Glenn Minnis | Aug 26, 2021

Author Jon Kerr is applauding the Illinois High School Association's (IHSA) plan to honor Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s new mask mandate.

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AWAKE Illinois: 'ISBE ineptitude reigns supreme'

By Glenn Minnis | Aug 25, 2021

AWAKE Illinois leaders are angry that a recent Auditor General’s review of the Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE) proves that the agency is everything the group feared it is.

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Illinois Policy's Hill: State's 'recovery continues to fall further behind the rest of the nation'

By Glenn Minnis | Aug 22, 2021

Topping 7%, Illinois’ unemployment rate still stands nearly 2% higher than the national rate, prompting concerns from many across the state.

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Durkin: Democratic-drawn maps 'have proven to be unusable and unlawful'

By Glenn Minnis | Aug 18, 2021

Illinois Republicans insist recently released U.S. Census Bureau data makes clear that the redistricting plan pushed through by Democrats stands in violation of the U.S. Constitution and federal law.

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Pritzker's latest mask mandates: 'It's always fear and confusion'

By Glenn Minnis | Aug 17, 2021

Wirepoints President Ted Dabrowski has grown tired of what he sees as the Pritzker way.

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Digital privacy activist calls state's vaccination verification program 'one of the worst ones I’ve seen'

By Glenn Minnis | Aug 14, 2021

The new Vax Verify system launched by the Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) is “horrible," according to a digital privacy proponent.