North Cook News

Rep. Morrison puts onus on Illinois voters to help stop political corruption in Democratic Party

By Glenn Minnis | Sep 30, 2019

Illinois state Rep. Tom Morrison (R-Palatine) argues that voters will have to serve as judge and jury in the ongoing federal corruption probe of state government.

From DuPage Policy Journal

Task force co-chair Rep. Mazzochi seeks to bring more equity to state's property tax system

By Glenn Minnis | 6 years ago

First-term Illinois state Rep. Deanne Mazzochi (R-Elmhurst) wants everyone to be on the same page and treated the same way when it comes to dealing with the state’s property tax system.

Rep. Morrison calls for lawmakers, voters to stand up for developmentally disabled Illinoisans

By Glenn Minnis | Sep 30, 2019

Illinois Policy Institute (IPI) reports that teachers and state workers' unions were among the biggest winners emerging from the most recent legislative session in Springfield, but the government watchdog website also laments the fact that resources for the state's developmentally disabled barely registered on lawmakers' radar.

From DuPage Policy Journal

Ives is familiar with the 'lies, desperation' driving GOP primary opponent Sanguinetti's campaign

By Glenn Minnis | 6 years ago

Congressional candidate Jeanne Ives (R-Wheaton) believes that her Republican primary challenger in the 6th Congressional District, former lieutenant governor Evelyn Sanguinetti (R-Wheaton), is creating a false narrative around her campaign with the help of a tactic all too familiar to Ives.

From DuPage Policy Journal

Candidate Ives attacks Rep. Casten's predilection for 'politically motivated smear campaigns'

By Glenn Minnis | 6 years ago

Republican congressional candidate Jeanne Ives is warning voters that U.S. Rep. Sean Casten's (D-Downers Grove) joining forces with other Democrats to smear Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh with more sexual misconduct claims is just another example of who her potential opponent really is.

From Lake County Gazette

Morrison called out by ISRA director for firearm confiscation remark

By Glenn Minnis | 6 years ago

In the eyes of Illinois State Rifle Association (ISRA) Executive Director Richard Pearson, state Sen. Julie Morrison (D-Deerfield) had a Beto O’Rourke moment last spring.

Rep. Mazzochi appointed to Joint Advisory Council on Higher Education in Illinois

By Glenn Minnis | Sep 29, 2019

Illinois state Rep. Deanne Mazzochi (R-Elmhurst) has been named to the Joint Advisory Council on Higher Education in Illinois.

Pension reform is ultimately in the hands of voters, Rep. Morrison says

By Glenn Minnis | Sep 29, 2019

The state’s pension crisis has become so dire that Illinois state Rep. Tom Morrison (R-Palatine) sees only one way the course can be reversed.

Schaumburg trustees to vote on video gambling

By Glenn Minnis | Sep 28, 2019

Village of Schaumburg Trustee Marge Connelly is not opposed to video gambling coming to the area, but she’s adamant that it happen in what she believes to be the right way.

From Chicago City Wire

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

By Glenn Minnis | 6 years 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.

Schaumburg Village Board takes a step closer to removing video gambling ban

By Glenn Minnis | Sep 25, 2019

To Schaumburg Village Board Trustee Mark Madej, maintaining the integrity of his community means everything.

From Prairie State Wire

Illinois’ pension debt remains worst in the nation

By Glenn Minnis | 6 years 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 | 6 years ago

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

Voters have the power to end Illinois' cycle of political corruption, says Rep. Morrison

By Glenn Minnis | Sep 20, 2019

Illinois state Rep. Tom Morrison (R-Palatine) thinks it’s time Democratic voters took a look in the mirror.

From DuPage Policy Journal

Candidate Ives calls Chief Justice Burke's appointment a 'shameless power grab'

By Glenn Minnis | 6 years ago

Congressional candidate Jeanne Ives (R-Wheaton) sees the “power grab” that has resulted in the wife of Chicago Ald. Ed Burke being named Illinois Supreme Court Chief Justice while he is under federal probe as an indictment of the way Democrats operate in the state.

From DuPage Policy Journal

Mazzochi, other DuPage state reps offering opioid deactivation bags at offices

By Glenn Minnis | 6 years ago

State Rep. Deanne Mazzochi (R-Elmhurst) is now one of four Republican DuPage County state representatives to partner with DuPage Sheriff James Mendrick to combat the damage caused by opioids through the distribution of a new, easy-to-use drug disposal system that deactivates the harmful ingredients in opioid pills or patches.

From DuPage Policy Journal

Pension reform should be top priority, Ives says

By Glenn Minnis | 6 years ago

Former Illinois state Rep. Jeanne Ives (R-Wheaton) considers Illinois’ pension funding crisis to be an unnecessary evil rather than an irreversible situation.

Illinois State Rifle Association appealing Cook County assault rifle ban to Supreme Court

By Glenn Minnis | Sep 11, 2019

The Illinois State Rifle Association (ISRA) is taking its fight for gun rights to the courts.

From DuPage Policy Journal

Ives says Casten is 'leading the nation down a long road to nowhere' with impeachment push

By Glenn Minnis | 6 years ago

Jeanne Ives argues U.S. Rep. Sean Casten (D-Downers) has been nothing like the legislator he vowed he would be when he went to Washington.

Encore presentation of Mazzochi's 'How to Go Green' seminar slated for Sept. 17

By Glenn Minnis | Sep 11, 2019

State Rep. Deanne Mazzochi (R-Elmhurst) views her upcoming encore presentation of the "How to Go Green" seminar as a clear-cut example of giving her constituents more of what they want.