Prairie State Wire

Report: Illinois ranked No. 14 for per-capita credit card fraud reports in 2023

By Prairie State Wire News Service | Apr 25, 2024

Illinois ranked No. 14 in the country for per-capita credit card fraud reports in 2023.

Electronic Payments Coalition Chair: Durbin ‘weaponizing the federal government’ as retribution for opposition to credit card regulations

By Prairie State Wire News Service | Apr 15, 2024

Richard Hunt, executive chairman of the Electronic Payment Coalition (EPC), said yesterday that U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) has requested a federal hearing on airline credit card and rewards programs as “retribution” for the airline industry’s opposition to Durbin’s proposed credit card regulations.

Illinois statewide officeholders mark ‘Kwanzaa,' created in 1966 by man convicted of torturing two women

By Prairie State Wire News Service | Dec 28, 2023

Illinois' two governor, U.S. senators, secretary of state, and attorney general all this week marked “Kwanzaa,” which was created in 1966 by a man convicted of torturing two women.