Prairie State Wire

Republican lawmaker launches effort to recall Gov. Pritzker for failure to fix claims website

By Joe Chen | Jun 19, 2020

As the pandemic has caused a record number of Illinois residents to lose their jobs, a Republican lawmaker is attempting to recall Gov. Pritzker for his failure fix the state’s outdated unemployment claims website.

Rockford lawmaker: Pritzker's stay-at-home rules did not apply to governor

By Joe Chen | Jun 17, 2020

Illinois construction workers last month were traveling to Wisconsin to work on a large construction project at Gov. J.B. Pritzker's horse farm, raising concerns from critics that he was not following his own rules.

Rep. Skillicorn criticizes Gov. Pritzker's shelter-in-place executive order

By Joe Chen | Mar 24, 2020

Rep. Allen Skillicorn urged Gov. J.B. Pritzker on Friday to provide further justification for his shelter-in-place executive order effective from March 21 to April 7.

'Bruised, battered, bloody' Blago back home after Trump commutes sentence

By Joe Chen | Feb 20, 2020

President Trump freed former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich from a Colorado federal prison on Tuesday by trimming off the remaining four years of his 14-year sentence.