Fun at the Fair! Opening Day at the Marshall/Putnam County Fair Kick-off Dinner did not disappoint! We celebrated great food, friends, and fellowship. The Knapp family’s tractor display was definitely…

Agriculture Update More Illinois Jobs Being Lost In June, nine Illinois companies announced that over 1,000 jobs would be affected by mass layoffs. Illinois has become one of the least…

Supreme Court Refuses to Immediately Hear Appeal to Illinois Firearms Ban The United States Supreme Court has declined to hear a set of challenges to Illinois Democrats’ firearms ban for…

New July Laws, Higher Gas Taxes On July 1, new laws will take effect in Illinois…and you will also be paying more at the pump for gas. Illinois gas tax…

As expected, this week  Governor JB Pritzker signed into law a partisan $53.1 billion spending plan, the largest budget in state history. The Fiscal Year 2025 budget is $2.6 billion more…

Committee Deadline Today is the scheduled deadline for House members to move their bills out of House Committees to the floor…but Democrats who control the chamber decided to take the…

Making Crime Illegal Again My Republican colleagues and I warned of the consequences when Democrats pushed their so-called SAFE-T Act, and, unfortunately, what we predicted has come to pass: criminals…

International Women’s Day is a time to recognize the cultural, economic, and political accomplishments and contributions of women. Thank you to the trailblazing women who worked to achieve gender equality…

General Assembly Returns Next Week The Illinois House is back in session in Springfield next Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday with a lot of work to do. You can see the…

Another Bad Budget Plan This week, Governor Pritzker proposed the largest budget in state history – $52.7 billion. He has no more Federal COVID dollars to bail him out and…