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Bailey blasts Springfield Democrats for ignoring Illinois' needs: 'They’re blinded by their power'

By Glenn Minnis | Oct 17, 2020

State Rep. Darren Bailey charges Democrats have become a victim of their own power as a result of their long-time rule in Springfield.

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Ciampoli receives key endorsements from business owners, contractors in state House race

By Glenn Minnis | Oct 17, 2020

Championed as someone who “understands the challenges facing Illinois’ small businesses,” Lisa Ciampoli has received the endorsement of the National Federation of Independent Businesses and the Associated Builders Contractors in her run for state representative in the 112th District.

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Jacobs isn't surprised by Madigan's defiance: 'We will have to wait for the federal indictments'

By Glenn Minnis | Oct 12, 2020

Republican state House candidate Paul Jacobs has cast his attention on the federal corruption probe House Speaker Mike Madigan now finds himself ensnared in.

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Friess sees walls closing in on House speaker: 'Madigan rules over the Democrats with an iron fist'

By Glenn Minnis | Oct 12, 2020

Republican state House candidate David Friess believes the walls are finally starting to close in on longtime House Speaker Mike Madigan.

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Bailey isn't surprised by House speaker's defiance: 'What we really need is for Madigan to go'

By Glenn Minnis | Oct 11, 2020

A downstate lawmaker senses longtime House Speaker Mike Madigan is now running scared as a federal corruption probe he already finds himself at the center of continues to unfold around him.

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Ciampoli blasts Springfield Democrats' spending plan: 'I oppose the tax hike amendment'

By Glenn Minnis | Oct 10, 2020

Republican state House candidate Lisa Ciampoli thinks Gov. J.B. Pritzker and Springfield Democrats need to take a long look in the mirror.

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Ciampoli blasts Democrats' fiscal irresponsibility: 'Their tax-and-spend agenda has failed our state for decades'

By Glenn Minnis | Oct 4, 2020

Republican state House candidate Lisa Ciampoli places much of the blame for Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s latest tax hike threats squarely at the feet of her Democrat rival, state Rep. Katie Stuart.

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Friess blasts Springfield Democrats' latest threats: 'The governor's style of governance is absolutely shameless'

By Glenn Minnis | Oct 4, 2020

Republican state House candidate David Friess rages at the thought of taxpayers being forced to pay for J.B. Pritzker’s reckless nature when it comes to taxes.

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Jacobs blasts Springfield Democrats' threats: 'We can’t continue to run people out of the state'

By Glenn Minnis | Oct 4, 2020

Republican state House candidate Paul Jacobs sees no end to the list of victims destined to suffer from Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s progressive tax proposal.

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Bailey calls foul at Democrats' latest tactic: 'They’re trying to scare people into going along with this progressive tax'

By Glenn Minnis | Oct 3, 2020

State Rep. Darren Bailey argues Democrats in Springfield are violating the most basic tenets of keeping a house afloat.

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Jacobs doubts embattled House speaker Madigan will testify before special committee

By Glenn Minnis | Sep 27, 2020

No matter how House Speaker Mike Madigan responds to a Special House committee’s request for him to testify about some of his conduct, GOP state House candidate Paul Jacobs isn’t sure what it will mean.

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Friess doesn't expect Democrats investigating Madigan to actually stand up to embattled House speaker

By Glenn Minnis | Sep 27, 2020

Republican state House hopeful David Friess of Red Bud doesn’t see embattled House Speaker Mike Madigan releasing his ironclad grip on Springfield anytime soon.

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Bailey blasts governor's high school sports shutdown: 'He’s become a dictator'

By Glenn Minnis | Sep 26, 2020

State Rep. Darren Bailey regrets Gov. J.B. Pritzker is being the only person he thinks he can be in his handling of the COVID-19 pandemic.

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State House candidate Ciampoli boasts she was proud to sign the 'No Madigan Pledge'

By Glenn Minnis | Sep 25, 2020

Republican House hopeful Lisa Ciampoli has already completed what she sees as her first order of business in Springfield.“I signed the ‘No Madigan Pledge,’ the first step in achieving comprehensive ethics reform in the statehouse,” she said.

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Shawnee National Forest has reopened campgrounds and restrooms

By Glenn Minnis | Sep 20, 2020

The Shawnee National Forest has reopened some campgrounds and restrooms after being shuttered during the state’s stay-at-home order.

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Friess views protests outside embattled House speaker's home as proof voters 'are fed up with the corruption'

By Glenn Minnis | Sep 20, 2020

Republican state House candidate David Friess insists he hears what protesters are now expressing outside the home of House Speaker Mike Madigan everyday on the campaign trail.

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Ciampoli fumes embattled House speaker's corruption has 'done enough damage to our state'

By Glenn Minnis | Sep 20, 2020

Republican state House candidate Lisa Ciampoli is challenging 112th District incumbent Rep. Katie Stuart to make the same pledge she has when it comes to troubled House Speaker Mike Madigan.

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Jacobs insists embattles speaker's resignation 'would go a long way' toward improving Springfield

By Glenn Minnis | Sep 19, 2020

After roughly four decades of leading Springfield, GOP House candidate Paul Jacobs feels the unfamiliar position House Speaker Mike Madigan now finds himself could make all the difference. “I think that Mr. Madigan‘s problems with leadership are probably being scrutinized the most that they ever have been,” Jacobs told the SE Illinois News.

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Bailey reflects on embattled House speaker: 'Madigan has singlehandedly led Illinois on a path of destruction'

By Glenn Minnis | Sep 18, 2020

Veteran state Rep. Darren Bailey always predicted it would come to this.

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Ciampoli slams governor's 'tax hike amendment that would give more money and power to Springfield politicians'

By Glenn Minnis | Sep 12, 2020

Republican state House candidate Lisa Ciampoli plans to have the same voice she’s always used once she arrives in Springfield.