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In running for school board, Pillai believes in taking ‘a step back,’ listening more to parents

By Glenn Minnis | Mar 29, 2021

Raj Pillai thinks it's time the Plainfield School District 202 board adopted a new attitude.

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Mitchell: 'You can stop the pillaging right now' by voting on April 6

By Glenn Minnis | Mar 25, 2021

Will County Board member Raquel Mitchell is urging voters to take a stand now to make sure their voices are heard.  “May and August is not the time to complain about your property taxes,” Mitchell told the Will County Gazette with the April 6 election day fast approaching.

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Batinick aiming to rename Route 59 in Plainfield 'Private First Class Andrew Meari Highway'

By Glenn Minnis | Mar 23, 2021

Veteran state Rep. Mark Batinick (R-Plainfield) is backing a proposal that would lead to a length of Route 59 being renamed after Private First Class Andrew Meari.

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Batinick: 'Illinois has ignored calls for reform for far too long'

By Glenn Minnis | Mar 18, 2021

Republican House Floor Leader Mark Batinick (R-Plainfield) was among the volunteers recently lending a helping hand at the mobile food pantry at St. Mary’s.

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McCullagh believes Illinois Democrats' answer to everything is to raise taxes'

By Glenn Minnis | Mar 13, 2021

Tom McCullagh sees Democrats reigniting talk of the progressive tax plan as the height of irresponsibility.

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‘They don’t want this,’ Illinois Republican floor leader says of potential revival of Illinois progressive tax

By Glenn Minnis | Mar 13, 2021

Republican House Floor Leader Mark Batinick (R-Plainfield) said the fact Democrats are again considering a progressive tax months after it failed showed the primary plan to address state financial issues is to raise taxes.

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Batinick: We need to 'realize that the house is on fire' when spending federal bailout dollars

By Glenn Minnis | Mar 12, 2021

With the state soon expected to receive as much as $7.5 billion from the federal government’s $1.9 trillion relief bill, state Rep. Mark Batinick (R-Plainfield) is calling on state lawmakers to be more efficient in running the state.

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With Welch, Batinick: new rules for Illinois House 'do the same thing' by keeping residents 'in the dark'

By Glenn Minnis | Mar 7, 2021

House Republican Floor Leader Mark Batinick (R-Plainfield) said the rules adopted by new House Speaker Emanuel “Chris” Welch (D-Hillside) don’t go far enough to bring about the level of reform he believes that’s needed in Springfield.

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Laib: Job declines in Illinois not fully linked to 'the impact of COVID-19'

By Glenn Minnis | Mar 7, 2021

Rick Laib said Illinois’ record-setting job losses in 2020 were sadly a long time coming.

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Batinick welcomes Madigan's departure as 'new day in Springfield'

By Glenn Minnis | Mar 7, 2021

With the end of the Mike Madigan era, Rep. Mark Batinick (R-Plainfield) can start to see the possibilities in Springfield.

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Laib: 'this should be insulting to voters' in response to Illinois Dems potential push for new tax

By Glenn Minnis | Mar 7, 2021

Rick Laib hopes Illinois voters feel as outraged as he does by the latest Democratic potential proposal in Springfield about the state’s tax front.

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Will County official calls Madigan 'detrimental' to Illinois 'from the very start'

By Glenn Minnis | Mar 3, 2021

Will County Board member Steve Balich believes residents can finally exhale with Mike Madigan now out of power.

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Will County official refers to new Illinois House speaker as 'little Mike Madigan'

By Glenn Minnis | Mar 2, 2021

A Will County board member called the new House speaker a "little Mike Madigan."

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Laib: Madigan's resignation should be a 'wakeup call that he was able to remain in office for so long' to Illinois

By Glenn Minnis | Feb 24, 2021

A former Republican Congressional House candidate said that Mike Madigan's tenure should "be a wakeup call."

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With Madigan out, Illinois has 'a lot of work to do to recover,' McCullagh claims

By Glenn Minnis | Feb 24, 2021

With Mike Madigan now out of the mix in Springfield, former Republican Senate candidate Thomas McCullagh said the hard work begins in terms of rebuilding Illinois.

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Marter believes culturally-responsive teaching proposal is a 'direct assault on speech, liberty'

By Glenn Minnis | Feb 4, 2021

Kendall County Republican Party Chairman James Marter is dismissing the state's proposed "Culturally Responsive" teaching proposal as another attempted power play by Democratic lawmakers.

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Oberweis warns criminal reform bill pushed by democrats all wrong for Illinois

By Glenn Minnis | Feb 1, 2021

Former state Sen. Jim Oberweis is warning lawmakers in Springfield intent on passing the Criminal Justice Reform during the lame duck session about being careful over what they wish for.“Because we are not properly vetting this legislation we are on the verge of putting a bill on the governor’s desk that will make our communities less safe,” Oberweis told the Will County Gazette.

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Fricilone charges governor's shutdowns are 'basically destroying our small business industry'

By Glenn Minnis | Jan 31, 2021

Conservative activist Mike Fricilone doesn’t hold back in voicing his concern about the impact he thinks all Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s executive actions are having on the state.

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Batinick: Springfield 'making government more expensive and the state less safe'

By Glenn Minnis | Jan 31, 2021

Republican House Floor Leader Mark Batinick believed that Illinois' dwindling population still hasn't hit rock-bottom.

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Fricilone on Madigan: 'I think he knows his time is over' leading Illinois

By Glenn Minnis | Jan 24, 2021

The political and legal pressures power-broker Rep. Mike Madigan (D-Chicago) faces could result in his resignation from the House in the "next few months," a former Republican Congressional candidate said.