Illinois Valley Times

GOP County chairmen unanimously support Rep. Jerry Lee Long

By LGIS News Service | Sep 18, 2018

State Rep. Jerry Lee Long (R-Streator) will remain on the ballot and has the "complete support" of Illinois Valley Republican officials to do so, despite calls by Illinois House GOP officials to abandon his re-election campaign over an anonymous work "harassment" allegation that surfaced Labor Day weekend.

From Prairie State Wire

Analysis: 40 percent of mortgages in Boone County considered ‘underwater’

By LGIS News Service | 6 years ago

Among Illinois counties, Boone, Montgomery and Bond had the highest percentage of property owners with mortgages who owe at least 25 percent more on their loans than their property is worth, according to an analysis by ATTOM Data Solutions looking at home equity at the end of the first quarter.

From Prairie State Wire

Population falling, but Illinois government leaders agree to spend, borrow more

By LGIS News Service | 6 years ago

Illinois state government leaders say they will spend a record $38.5 billion and borrow an estimated $11.5 billion over the next year, according to a fiscal year 2019 budget plan approved by Gov. Bruce Rauner.

From Kankakee Times

Rep. Parkhurst declines to vote on anti-Trump legislation allowing measure to pass

By LGIS News Service | 6 years ago

The Illinois House has passed a resolution rejecting President Donald Trump’s proposed infrastructure plan, with Rep. Lindsay Parkhurst (R-Kankakee) among 13 GOP members abstaining from voting on the issue.

Rep. Long casts no vote and lets anti-Trump legislation pass House

By LGIS News Service | May 23, 2018

The Illinois House has passed a resolution rejecting President Donald Trump’s proposed infrastructure plan, with Rep. Jerry Lee Long (R-Streator) among 13 GOP members abstaining from voting on the issue.

Rep. Jerry Lee Long remains silent on Equal Rights Amendment

By LGIS News Service | May 17, 2018

Rep. Jerry Lee Long remains silent on Equal Rights Amendment

From Prairie State Wire

Illegal immigrant lawyers, teachers couldn't be denied state licenses if bill becomes Illinois law

By LGIS News Service | 6 years ago

A bill pending in Springfield would prohibit the state from denying illegal aliens professional licenses to practice law, teach, or dispense prescription drugs.

From Prairie State Wire

Illinois House passes bill to require race and ethnicity-based quotas at state universities pension system

By LGIS News Service | 6 years ago

Illinoisans of Italian, Mexican, French and Eastern European descent could be in line for top management jobs with one of the state's largest public pension systems if a bill becomes law.

Battling the establishment, conservative John McGlasson won re-election for committeeman

By LGIS News Service | Apr 24, 2018

John McGlasson won re-election for the 16th Congressional District State Central Committeeman, but it was a hard battle against attacks from the establishment of his own Republican party.

From Prairie State Wire

Illinois House approves spending of $635K on three "lactation and wellness" rooms at State Capitol

By LGIS News Service | 6 years ago

The Illinois House of Representatives voted 91-1 Friday to spend $635,570 to build three "lactation and wellness" rooms at the state capitol in Springfield.

From Prairie State Wire

Rauner attempts conservative 'purge' of Illinois GOP leadership

By LGIS News Service | 6 years ago

Illinois Governor Bruce Rauner is publicly preaching party unity on the campaign trail. But behind the scenes, Rauner is quietly leading an effort to purge conservatives from the Illinois Republican State Central Committee, which governs the party and has elections this month.

From North Cook News

Illinois GOP Chairman Schneider’s Elgin car wash owes $21K in overdue property taxes

By LGIS News Service | 6 years ago

Illinois Republican Party Chairman and Cook County Commissioner Timothy O. Schneider (R-Bartlett) is president of an Elgin car wash that owes $21,448 in overdue property taxes from 2016, according to the Cook County Treasurer.

From Prairie State Wire

Illini-less NCAA Tournament still features Illinois-bred stars

By LGIS News Service | 6 years ago

Jevon Carter earned second-team All-America honors this week, yet another accolade for a point guard called "one of the best to ever hit the hardwood" for West Virginia University.

From DuPage Policy Journal

Diana Rauner: We're moving to Italy if Bruce loses

By LGIS News Service | 6 years ago

Gov. Bruce Rauner says he'll fight for Illinoisans. But only if he wins re-election. If he loses, Rauner's wife, Diana, says she and Bruce are out of here.

ECWD - Peru, IL. Police Chief cites nonexistant state law; OK’s illegal use of public vehicle

By LGIS News Service | Feb 18, 2018

When a concerned citizen filed a report with the Peru, Illinois Police Department regarding what she believed to be official misconduct; illegal use of a fire department vehicle to snowplow a private driveway, the Peru Police Chief sent her a message saying no law was broken.

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By LGIS News Service | Oct 9, 2017

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State tax hike means Harrisburg's richest get richer

By LGIS News Service | Jul 28, 2017

School’s out in the summertime. So when Harrisburg’s Mike and Angella Gauch decided they would drive to Springfield earlier this month, getting out of work wasn’t a concern.

State school funding bill would micromanage public school spending — down to the cent

By LGIS News Service | Jul 27, 2017

State bureaucrats will dictate how many teachers Illinois school districts must hire and how much to pay them if a school funding bill is signed into law this month.