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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…


Friday, February 2, 2024
Another Proposed Blow to Public Safety, Port Henry Planning Survey, Eureka College Grant, and More

More Dangerous Criminal Justice “Reform” Just when you think the liberal left can’t cripple our law enforcement anymore, the above legislation was just introduced in the House by a Representative…


Sunday, January 28, 2024
Migrants, Ethics, February Festivals, and More

Chicago plans to stop building migrant shelter space As part of its overall drive against city of Chicago homelessness, in 2023 under Mayor Brandon Johnson the city had said it…


Friday, January 5, 2024
New Laws, Real ID, Pheasant Hunting, and More

New laws you should know about More than 300 new state laws went into effect this week. They cover a wide variety of issues including gun registration rules, minimum wage,…


Monday, December 18, 2023
Nuclear Power, Gun Ban Injunction, Pontiac in the Spotlight, and More

Bipartisan nuclear power plant bill signed into law The new Public Act 103-584 applies to small modular reactors which cannot generate enough heat to breach containment. Nuclear development will be key to…


Monday, November 13, 2023
Invest in Kids, Nuclear Energy, Gun Registration Rules, and More

Illinois General Assembly concludes Fall Veto Session Week two of the Fall Veto Session was characterized more by what the Democratic Supermajority failed to deliver instead of what they did…


Monday, October 30, 2023
First Week of Veto, Sanctuary State, Harvest Progress, and More

First week of Veto Session left many issues unaddressed After the first week of veto session in the Illinois House concluded Wednesday afternoon, there are still a number of priorities that House…