Chicago income tax would only drive more residents out, Sen. Oberweis cautions
State Sen. Jim Oberweis (R-Sugar Grove) wonders how much longer Illinois taxpayers will be forced to carry the burden of poor policymaking.
From Prairie State Wire
ILGOP Chairman Schneider demands action as non-citizens were registered to vote in 2018
Illinois Republican Party Chairman Tim Schneider is demanding that a state-run program that automatically registers voters be immediately suspended amid reports that non-citizens were certified and cast votes in 2018.
From South Cook News
Lipinski and House Colleagues Call on New Regional EPA Chief to Step Up Environmental Protection Efforts in Great Lakes States
U.S. Rep. Dan Lipinski (IL-3) is leading an effort with Reps. Mike Quigley (IL-5), Gwen Moore (WI-4), Raja Krishnamoorthi (IL-8), Robin Kelly (IL-2), Bill Foster (IL-11), Brad Schneider (IL-10) and Debbie Dingell (MI-12) to press new Environmental Protection Agency Region 5 Administrator Kurt Thiede on how he will address his agency’s understaffing and lack of enforcement actions around the Great Lakes states.
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- GOP House Floor Leader Batinick: 'Madigan has to go – for the sake of Illinois'
- Hois campaigning for House on platform of fiscal reform, tax cuts and job growth
- Rep. McDermed calls for 'real property tax reform' after 'distraction' of failed task force
- Senate GOP Leader Bill Brady said to have voiced private support for abortion funding, gun control legislation
From DuPage Policy Journal
From DuPage Policy Journal
From Prairie State Wire
Speaker Madigan blocking Illinois' path to property tax relief, Rep. Batinick claims
Illinois House Republican Floor Leader Mark Batinick (R-Plainfield) was not particularly surprised to see the latest task force created to provide relief from state property taxes fall well short of its goals.
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From DuPage Policy Journal
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From DuPage Policy Journal
ILLINOIS STATE HOUSE DISTRICT 41: Rep. Wehrli to Host ‘Addressing Corruption’ Town Hall on Jan. 23
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ILLINOIS STATE HOUSE DISTRICT 37: McDermed Bill Would Stop Nurses and First Responders Being From Denied Life Insurance for Narcan Prescriptions
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ILLINOIS STATE HOUSE DISTRICT 29: Jones Introduces Legislation to Address Violence through Trauma Centers
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