South Central Reporter

Plummer pushes back against sex education bill: Children 'will not receive sex education to protect them from things like predators'

By Savannah Howe | May 31, 2021

Illinois Democrats and Republicans disagree over the best approach to medically accurate, age-appropriate personal health and sex education in public middle and high schools.

Fayette County GOP raffling off .223 ammo at annual Lincoln Day Dinner

By Savannah Howe | May 25, 2021

The Fayette County Illinois Republican Central Committee has two 500-round prizes of 0.223 Winchester Ammo to give away.

Davidsmeyer congratulates secretary on baby, applauds the 'healthy new Illinoisan'

By Savannah Howe | May 24, 2021

State Rep. C.D. Davidsmeyer recently gave recognition to the newest and littlest addition to the Davidsmeyer team, the newborn baby girl of his secretary, Jennifer Anderson.

Wilhour demands accountability for LaSalle outbreak: 'These families deserve better'

By Savannah Howe | May 24, 2021

Republican lawmakers are ready to see justice for the 36 veterans who died last fall during the disastrous COVID-19 outbreak at the LaSalle Veterans' Home, a product of mismanagement that brought harsh criticism against the Pritzker administration and Illinois Department of Veterans' Affairs (IDVA) leadership.

'We're not doing anything': Wilhour frustrated after years of stagnation in Illinois ethics reform

By Savannah Howe | May 22, 2021

Another Illinois legislative session is drawing to a close, and many lawmakers are frustrated that the state is no closer to addressing its longstanding ethics issues.

Bourne disappointed in congressional seat loss: 'These results don't come as much of a surprise'

By Savannah Howe | May 6, 2021

A Republican lawmaker from Litchfield said that Illinois population decline based on Census data doesn't "come as much of a surprise."

Bourne calls on Pritzker to keep his anti-political-map promise: 'He needs to come out and say that now'

By Savannah Howe | May 3, 2021

All eyes are on Gov. J.B. Pritzker as one of his largest campaign promises approaches time to be acted upon.

Bourne on Illinois losing a congressional seat: 'None of our Midwestern neighbors lost their population'

By Savannah Howe | Apr 27, 2021

Partial data for the 2020 U.S. Census has been reported, and as a result of Illinois experiencing a population drop for the first time in 200 years, the state is losing a seat in Congress.

From Prairie State Wire

Illinois voters shoot down Fair Tax proposal

By Savannah Howe | 4 years ago

Illinois voters rejected a progressive income tax amendment that was criticized for having potentially devastating impacts on the state's taxpayers by removing the flat tax rate, skyrocket small business taxes by 47% and allow the possibility of taxing retirees.

Illinois activist, Trump supporter: looters are 'waging war against their own countrymen'

By Savannah Howe | Sep 24, 2020

Author Vicky Osterweil wrote that "a new energy of resistance is building across the country," to defend the looting and rioting that has gripped several American cities since June in response to police killings of Black Americans, the NPR reported in August.