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Recent News About Illinois Republican Party
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From Prairie State Wire
ILGOP adds Cook County Circuit Court Clerk to 'Democrat Crime Ring Tracker'
The Illinois Republican Party has updated its Illinois Democrat Crime Ring Tracker to include the name of Cook County Circuit Court Clerk Dorothy Brown.
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From Prairie State Wire
Illinois GOP calls for 'Democratic leaders to speak up' in light of new missteps by a Madigan associate
The Illinois Republican Party is wondering how much longer longtime Democratic House Speaker Mike Madigan (D-Chicago) can feign ignorance with the strong scent of corruption swirling all around him.
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From Prairie State Wire
ILGOP launches website to expose state Democrats' 'criminal enterprise'
The Illinois Republican Party has launched a website aimed at exposing “the epidemic of Democratic corruption” across the state.
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From Prairie State Wire
Unredacted Sandoval warrant reveals 'a crime ring masquerading as a political party,' ILGOP chairman says
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.
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From Prairie State Wire
GOP chairman: 'fair tax' punishes taxpayers
Illinois Republican Party Chairman Tim Schneider said a constitutional amendment to establish a graduated income tax system in the state unfairly punishes taxpayers.
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From Prairie State Wire
ILGOP Chairman Schneider thinks 'tax-hiking hypocrite' Pritzker should look in the fiscal mirror
Illinois Republican Party Chairman Tim Schneider finds it difficult to seriously consider Gov. J.B. Pritzker's graduated income tax-hike proposal, given the source of the plan's own history of personal finance.
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From DuPage Policy Journal
Morrison, Ives urge rebuilding GOP after Rauner confesses election apathy
A bombshell new report that soon-to-be ex-Gov. Bruce Rauner bailed out on his reelection campaign has some Republicans fuming.
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From Prairie State Wire
Ives calls for a new vision for the state Republican Party
Rep. Jeanne Ives (R-Wheaton) recently took her message centered on shaking up the Republican Party to CLTV's "Politics Tonight" for a “we need a new vision” themed discussion.
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From Prairie State Wire
Ives, McSweeney endorse Shaw for GOP chairman
Committeeman Mark Shaw has bagged the endorsements of state Reps. Jeanne Ives (R-Wheaton) and David McSweeney (R-Barrington Hills) in his run for chairman of the Illinois Republican Party.
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Illinois GOP criticizes Bristow for comment about lawmaker raises
During a floor debate Wednesday of HB5760, a measure aimed at setting the mileage reimbursement rate and certain per diem expenses paid to lawmakers in 2019, Rep. Monica Bristow (D-Godfrey) admitted that she hopes Illinois lawmakers get a pay raise next year.
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From Prairie State Wire
Rauner attempts conservative 'purge' of Illinois GOP leadership
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.
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From North Cook News
Illinois GOP Chairman Schneider’s Elgin car wash owes $21K in overdue property taxes
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.
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GOP turns to paper to speak truth on power politics
The Illinois Republican Party turned to the Belleville News Democrat recently to illustrate some of its contentions regarding the new state budget.
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Madigan rep says Democratic gubernatorial candidates toe the line on tax increase
All of the Democrats hoping to unseat Gov. Bruce Rauner in 2018 are backing Speaker of the House Michael Madigan's budget goal of raising taxes rather than enacting reforms, a Madigan spokesman told the Chicago Tribune recently.
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Beiser, Stuart, Costello constituents urged to voice opposition to increased taxes
Following the Senate’s partisan advancement of budget legislation on Tuesday, the Illinois Republican Party is calling constituents of Reps. Jerry Costello II (D-Smithton), Daniel Beiser (D-Alton) and Katie Stuart (D-Edwardsville), urging them to voice their opposition to increased taxes without reform.
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Manar, Clayborne vote to raise Illinois income tax
Without the help of Republicans, Senate Democrats voted Tuesday to fix the budget by raising the Illinois income tax and expanding the sales tax.
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State Comptroller Mendoza added to BossMadigan.com
The BossMadigan.com website has featured another Democratic member.
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Senator labels business tax a big mistake
Big businesses might be able to absorb a proposed "business opportunity" tax -- "for the privilege of doing business in the state" -- but small business owners might be hit overly hard, an Illinois state senator said recently.
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Metro East representatives targeted for support of Madigan
Four Metro East state representatives were recently targeted by Illinois GOP robocalls.
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Illinois GOP offers hotel deal, tickets for presidential inauguration
With hotel space for the presidential Inauguration ceremony in Washington filling rapidly, the Illinois GOP is offering a special opportunity for guaranteed overnight accommodations and inauguration tickets at the official Illinois Republican Party hotel in Arlington, Virginia.