Prairie State Wire

Prairie State Wire

Saturday, December 7, 2019

Glenn Minnis News

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Abstinence & Marriage Education Partnership director: Children 'haven't heard' abstinence message

By Glenn Minnis | Dec 7, 2017

Scott Phelps is on a mission to change the way he sees young people viewing themselves and the way many of them have come to live their lives.

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Morthland takes aim at Rauner for 'It's not my fault' remark

By Glenn Minnis | Dec 7, 2017

Rich Morthland isn’t surprised that even Gov. Bruce Rauner doesn’t want to take ownership of his first term in office.

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State's vendor debt sitting at more than $9 billion

By Glenn Minnis | Dec 7, 2017

Illinois’ unpaid vendor debt crept slightly higher during the first week of December, to $9,192,633,377.29, as of Dec. 6, the state comptroller's office said.

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Legislation to stifle right-to-work laws 'undemocratic,' labor expert says

By Glenn Minnis | Dec 7, 2017

Mailee Smith says she’s studied thousands of criminal bills and still hasn’t found one quite like Senate Bill 1905.

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Ives vows to 'stand up to machine politics'

By Glenn Minnis | Dec 7, 2017

Jeanne Ives (R-Wheaton) wants Illinois voters to know just how different she is from every other gubernatorial candidate now in the field for 2018.

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Chess coach helping students get on board to becoming productive citizens

By Glenn Minnis | Dec 6, 2017

Joseph Ocol embraces his role as coach of the Earle Stem Elementary School chess team, saying it's much more than teaching a game.

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Steinle case reignites immigration debate, resurrects pain of brother's death in Chicago

By Glenn Minnis | Dec 6, 2017

Brian McCann was forced to relive his pain all over again with the recent verdict in the Kate Steinle case in California.

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Rauner's record a trail of failed promises, Ives says

By Glenn Minnis | Dec 6, 2017

Rep. Jeanne Ives (R-Wheaton) senses one of the keys to taking down Gov. Bruce Rauner in the 2018 Republican primary lies in reminding voters just how little they really seem to know about him. “You look at his record and what he said on the campaign trail when we all helped to elect him,” Ives said during a recent appearance on “Chicago's Morning Answer” radio show on WIND.

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Illinois treasurer candidate Dodge says bad debt is harming state

By Glenn Minnis | Dec 5, 2017

Jim Dodge argues that the way Illinois lawmakers have allowed the state’s runaway debt to accumulate is almost as depressing as the liability itself.

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Ives makes her bid to unseat Rauner official

By Glenn Minnis | Dec 5, 2017

Rep. Jeanne Ives (R-Wheaton) ended all the suspense on Monday, officially announcing she will take on Gov. Bruce Rauner in the 2018 Republican primary.

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Commentary magazine editor questions Conyers' mental state on radio show

By Glenn Minnis | Dec 1, 2017

Noah Rothman isn’t bashful about taking the position that Michigan Rep. John Conyers, now facing growing allegations of sexual harassment, is no longer fit to serve as a U.S. Congressman.

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Grundy state's attorney 'not afraid of challenge' in secretary of state race

By Glenn Minnis | Dec 1, 2017

Grundy County State’s Attorney Jason Helland says he just can't stay in Grundy County when he knows Illinois needs him in the secretary of state's office.

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Next attorney general needs to focus on corruption, watchdog group's leader says

By Glenn Minnis | Dec 1, 2017

Faisal Khan thinks the next Illinois attorney general should mark their tenure by vowing to be different from virtually every other politician in the state.

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Illinois vendor debt dropping closer to $9 billion mark

By Glenn Minnis | Nov 30, 2017

Illinois’ unpaid vendor debt dipped to $9,114,388,473.74 as of Nov. 29, after the state recently issued $6 billion worth of general obligation bonds toward the state’s once record-setting debt.

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Right-to-work leader optimistic as debate heads to Supreme Court

By Glenn Minnis | Nov 30, 2017

Mark Mix, president of the National Right to Work Foundation, relishes the prospect of worker unions having to rebrand themselves as the right-to-work debate legally plays out.

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Debt issues make Chicago an outsider in bid to lure Amazon, magazine editor says

By Glenn Minnis | Nov 30, 2017

In the end, Steve Malanga thinks Chicago’s deeply mired debt crisis may be too steep for the city to dig itself out of to be seriously considered Amazon’s desired “utopia” destination.

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Background checks to curb gun violence are 'no miracle,' author says

By Glenn Minnis | Nov 29, 2017

“Background checks are not any type of miracle," Lott, president of the Crime Prevention Research Center and author of the novel “More Guns, Less Crime,” said during a recent appearance on the "Chicago's Morning Answer" radio show on WIND.

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Illinois’ unpaid vendor debt nears $17 billion

By Glenn Minnis | Nov 28, 2017

Illinois’ unpaid vendor debt ticked closer to $17 billion earlier this month, unchartered waters even for the long cash-strapped state.

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People want alternative to Rauner, Ives says

By Glenn Minnis | Nov 28, 2017

Rep. Jeanne Ives (R-Wheaton) is counting on voters remembering all the reasons that made them clamor for her to challenge Gov. Bruce Rauner in the 2018 Republican primary in March.

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Effort to ban right-to-work zones 'sends wrong message,' Ives says

By Glenn Minnis | Nov 28, 2017

Rep. Jeanne Ives (R-Wheaton) argues that Senate Bill 1905 rates as a one-of-a-kind bill for good reason. “It would be the first law ever that would criminalize the vote at the local level over policy issues,” Ives told the Prairie State Wire.