Southern Illinois News

Southern Illinois GOP lawmakers introduce three new bills aimed at ethics reform in state government

By Glenn Minnis | Nov 11, 2019

Illinois state Rep. Patrick Windhorst (R-Metropolis) has joined forces with fellow Southern Illinois Republicans Terri Bryant (R-Murphysboro) and Dave Severin (R-Benton) in sponsoring several bills aimed at bringing ethics reform legislation to Springfield.

Rep. Windhorst speaks out in support of bill that would allow student-athletes to be compensated

By Glenn Minnis | Nov 8, 2019

Illinois state Rep. Patrick Windhorst (R-Metropolis) has a simple philosophy when it comes to the issue of whether or not National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) student-athletes should be allowed to profit from the use of their image or likeness.

From Prairie State Wire

Ideas Illinois chairman calls Pritzker's promotion of fair tax proposal 'inappropriate at best,' illegal at worst

By Glenn Minnis | 14 days ago

As chairman of the Vote No on the Blank Check Amendment, Greg Baise is demanding that Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker put an end to what he sees as an abuse of state taxpayers.

Rep. Windhorst to host reelection campaign fundraiser

By Glenn Minnis | Oct 28, 2019

Illinois state Rep. Patrick Windhorst (R-Metropolis) is slated to launch his 2020 reelection campaign with a Hometown Kick-off fundraiser on Nov. 19.

From Prairie State Wire

Illinois property taxes continue to stifle housing market, IPI reports

By Glenn Minnis | 20 days ago

Housing sales in Illinois continue to lag below the national average as the state's rising property taxes have all but crippled the market.

From DuPage Policy Journal

Ives not surprised that Exelon, ComEd, Madigan are key figures in federal corruption probe

By Glenn Minnis | 21 days ago

Jeanne Ives is not surprised to hear that Illinois House Speaker Mike Madigan (D-Chicago) may be at the heart of a widening public corruption probe centered on Commonwealth Edison's lobbying practices.

Rep. Windhorst joins House Firearms Awareness Task Force for inaugural meeting in Chicago

By Glenn Minnis | Oct 21, 2019

Illinois state Rep. Patrick Windhorst (R-Metropolis) took his crusade for Second Amendment and legal gun rights to Chicago earlier this month.

From Prairie State Wire

Unredacted Sandoval warrant reveals 'a crime ring masquerading as a political party,' ILGOP chairman says

By Glenn Minnis | 28 days ago

The Illinois Republican Party points to the recent raid on the home and offices of longtime state Sen. Martin Sandoval (D-Chicago) as an illustration of just how far the state's Democrats are willing to go to impose their will.

From Prairie State Wire

New Planned Parenthood mega-clinic 'preying on pregnant women in Illinois and Missouri,' group says

By Glenn Minnis | 28 days ago

With regard to Planned Parenthood's behemoth abortion facility that was built in secrecy near the southern Illinois-Missouri state line, leaders at the Thomas More Society insist they’ve seen this kind of thing before.

From Carbondale Reporter

Rep. Windhorst urges rural Illinoisans to exercise their rights when progressive tax plan goes to a vote

By Glenn Minnis | 1 month ago

Illinois state Rep. Patrick Windhorst (R-Metropolis) recently led a local forum designed to promote business growth in his 118th District and throughout Southern Illinois.

From Metro East Sun

Sen. Plummer deems Planned Parenthood's Downstate mega-clinic 'a complete disaster'

By Glenn Minnis | 1 month ago

Illinois state Sen. Jason Plummer (R-Edwardsville) is convinced that Planned Parenthood’s secret construction of a so-called mega abortion clinic in southern Illinois is a 'disaster' for the pro-life movement as well as state taxpayers.

From Carbondale Reporter

Rep. Windhorst spreads the word about Domestic Violence Awareness Month

By Glenn Minnis | 1 month ago

Illinois state Rep. Patrick Windhorst (R-Metropolis) wants residents of his district to be mindful that October is National Domestic Violence Awareness Month and that they should be doing all they can to make certain everyone around them is safe.

From Carbondale Reporter

Rep. Windhorst encouraged by Pritzker's 'budget cuts memo'

By Glenn Minnis | 2 months ago

Perhaps for the first time since arriving in Springfield, Illinois state Rep. Patrick Windhorst (R-Metropolis) is standing up for a proposal coming from the office of Gov. J.B. Pritzker.

From Chicago City Wire

Taxes will continue to rise until there is pension reform, says WFLD Fox president and GM

By Glenn Minnis | 2 months ago

WFLD Fox 32 Chicago President and General Manager Dennis Welsh did not mince words about the perilous place Illinois’ growing pension crisis has left the state in during a recently aired editorial on the network in which he predicted voters are primed for revolt given anything short of pension reform.

From Prairie State Wire

Illinois’ pension debt remains worst in the nation

By Glenn Minnis | 2 months ago

Illinois’ record-setting 2017 income tax hike has done little to slow the state’s rising pension costs, leaving state taxpayers on the hook for nearly $250 billion in unfunded public pension liability.

From Prairie State Wire

Motorists get no relief from periodic efforts to eliminate Illinois' toll system, IPI reports

By Glenn Minnis | 2 months ago

The prospect of Illinois' tollways becoming “freeways” has proven to be an agonizingly slow process that still has not come close to fruition.

From Carbondale Reporter

State Rep. Windhorst helps get bill passed to look into repurposing Tamms correctional facility

By Glenn Minnis | 2 months ago

Illinois state Rep. Patrick Windhorst (R-Metropolis) is touting his persistency in working for the passage of a bill that paves the way for a task force to begin studying potential usages of the now shuttered Tamms Correctional facility.

From Prairie State Wire

Former state Rep. Breen launches Fair Maps initiative

By Glenn Minnis | 3 months ago

Former state Rep. Peter Breen (R-Lombard) is leading the charge for a constitutional amendment on the 2020 ballot that would create fair legislative maps for Illinois, launching a new website today.

Rep. Patrick Windhorst urges residents to take online property tax survey

By Glenn Minnis | Aug 24, 2019

Still in his first-term, Illinois state Rep. Patrick Windhorst (R-Metropolis) wants to know everything his constituents are thinking when it comes to their high and still rising property taxes.

From SW Illinois News

Former state rep. candidate Paul Jacobs says Cullerton indictment makes him think he should run again

By Glenn Minnis | 3 months ago

Former District 115 candidate Paul Jacobs is moved to action by the thought of all the corruption he believes is now flowing through Springfield.