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Thursday, August 15, 2024
Rep. Tipsword Awarded Fellowship to Attend Midwestern Leadership Institute

Pontiac, IL – State Representative Dennis Tipsword (R-Metamora) has been awarded a fellowship to attend the upcoming Midwestern Leadership Institute. The event will take place August 23 – 27 in…


Monday, August 12, 2024
Rep. Tipsword Achieves Perfect Voting Record From NFIB

Pontiac, IL – State Representative Dennis Tipsword (R-Metamora) has achieved a perfect 100 percent voting record from the National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB) for the 2023-24 legislative session periods….


Tuesday, June 11, 2024
Tipsword Selected for Midwest Leadership Fellowship

The Bowhay Institute “annually identifies and assists promising state leaders in the Midwest.”


Wednesday, May 29, 2024
Rep. Tipsword: Democrats Pass New Tax-and-Spend Budget

In the early morning hours Wednesday, the majority party in the Illinois House pushed through a $53.1billion, state budget for Fiscal Year 2025, the largest budget in Illinois history. To…


Thursday, March 21, 2024
Tipsword, TIPS Working Group Unveil New Proposals to Restore Law and Order

Rep. Tipsword and fellow members of the House Republican Truth in Public Safety, or TIPS, Working Group, have unveiled a new package of bills they are championing to help restore…


Wednesday, December 27, 2023
January 1 Laws You Should Know About

New Year’s Day 2024 will ring in more than 300 new state laws, Rep. Tipsword said today. “The new laws will cover a wide variety of issues including gun registration…


Thursday, October 5, 2023
Tipsword-Sponsored Bill Will Protect Private Information of Law-Abiding Gun Owners

Legislation sponsored by State Representative Dennis Tipsword will help protect personal information law-abiding gun owners are now required to submit to the state to register certain firearms under Democrats’ new…


Thursday, July 27, 2023
Rep. Tipsword Tapped for Edgar Fellows Class of 2023

40 SELECTED FOR 2023 EDGAR FELLOWS PROGRAM URBANA, IL — In a highly competitive process, forty public policy leaders from across Illinois have been selected for the 2023 class of…


Tuesday, July 11, 2023
Tipsword Launches ReInvest in Kids Petition

Rep. Dennis Tipsword is taking action to prevent the loss of Illinois’ Invest in Kids Scholarship Program at the end of the year. Rep. Tipsword has launched a “Reinvest in…


Friday, June 16, 2023
Rep. Tipsword Brings Traveling Office Hours to Washington and Roanoke

Rep. Tipsword will continue his summer Traveling Office Hours tour on June 22nd in Washington and Roanoke to discuss state issues and other concerns.  “Hosting Traveling Office Hours is the…