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Friday, July 12, 2024
Agriculture Update, Illinoisan of the Day Nominations, Job Losses, and More

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…


Wednesday, July 3, 2024
Gun Ban, 49 New Laws, State Softball Champions, and More

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…


Friday, June 21, 2024
New July Laws and Gas Tax Hike, Bump Stocks, Beat the Heat, and More

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…


Friday, June 7, 2024
Budget Becomes Law, Good and Bad Ideas, Unconstitutional Election Changes, and More

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…


Friday, April 5, 2024
Committee Deadline, Stand Your Ground, Eclipse, and 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…


Friday, March 22, 2024
Making Crime Illegal Again, Failing Tax Grade, Livingston County Farm Bureau Breakfast, and More

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…


Friday, March 8, 2024
Celebrate International Women’s Day

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…


Friday, March 1, 2024
Tax Increases, Gas Prices, Veteran-owned Businesses, and More

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…


Friday, February 23, 2024
Budget, Emissions, Estate Tax, and More

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…


Friday, February 9, 2024
Budget Priorities, School Safety Officers, Bringing Smiles to Hospitalized Children, and More

Budget Priorities House Republicans have laid out our priorities for the new state budget that we will adopt before we adjourn this spring. With hundreds of millions of taxpayer dollars…