Prairie State Wire

Bailey calls for censure of Irvin over 'bald-faced lies'

By Staff reports | Apr 25, 2022

GOP candidate for governor State Sen. Darren Bailey (R-Xenia) is calling on the state’s Republican Party to censure Aurora Mayor Richard Irvin.

Illinois households' debt-to-income ratio averaged up to 1.41 in Q2 2020

By Staff reports | Jan 6, 2021

The median household debt-to-income ratio in Illinois during the second quarter of 2020 stood at 1.33 to 1.41, the Federal Reserve System reported recently.

Illinois' COVID-19 moratorium on utility disconnections has expired

By Staff reports | Oct 26, 2020

Illinois has let its coronavirus policies to protect non-paying utility customers expire, according to the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners.

Illinois parents over 9-to-1 in favor of allowing football and volleyball this fall

By Staff reports | Oct 2, 2020

An overwhelming majority of Illinois’ parents are in favor of lifting Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s ban of football and volleyball this fall.

Allowing daughter to compete out-of-state, Pritzker violated his own health guidelines

By Staff reports | Sep 24, 2020

Gov. J.B. Pritzker has violated the rules he established for the Illinois Department of Health by allowing his daughter to engage in out-of-state equestrian events.

Pritzker's Illinois prep sports ban excepts his equestrian daughter, Teddi

By Staff reports | Sep 22, 2020

While Gov. J.B. Pritzker has used his executive authority to cancel high school sports for kids across the state this fall, apparently this rule does not apply to his daughter.

Former GOP leader now lobbyist, Andersson, goes turncoat on McConnell over SCOTUS vote

By Staff reports | Sep 21, 2020

Steven Andersson made a screeching, expletive-filled post over the announcement that a SCOTUS appointee vote would go through after the death of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.

From Sangamon Sun

Coach Ken Leonard to Gov. Pritzker: Let us play

By Staff reports | 5 years ago

Ken Leonard is calling on coaches, parents and students to rally against Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s order disallowing football this fall.

Pritzker misrepresents Frontier CC Covid "outbreak" to justify banning Illinois prep football

By Staff reports | Sep 15, 2020

Gov. J.B. Pritzker is bucking the trend of Midwestern states allowing prep football season to continue in some form or fashion, but are some are questioning his use of a Covid outbreak at Frontier Community College as a device.

Casten just latest Democrat backed by former GOP Chair Brady

By Staff reports | Sep 10, 2020

Pat Brady has endorsed incumbent Democrat Sean Casten over GOP challenger Jeanne Ives.

Pro-progressive tax advertisement misleads on income tax rates, tax liability in nearby states

By Staff reports | Sep 4, 2020

A pro-tax group has taken to the airwaves with a misleading advertisement aimed at getting Illinoisans citizens to vote for a constitutional amendment for a graduate tax.

REEDER: BLM leader calls for eliminating white European depictions of Jesus Christ

By Staff reports | Jul 6, 2020

It’s time for all depictions of “white European” Christ figures to be torn down. At least that’s the contention of Shaun King, a leader in the Black Lives Matter movement.

REEDER: We can smell a hypocrite a mile away -- even with our masks on

By Staff reports | May 11, 2020

Just because you can do something doesn’t mean you should do it.