Illinois Representative Mark Batinick (R-97th)
Recent News About Illinois Representative Mark Batinick (R-97th)
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Batinick believes HB 40 will lead to even more abortions
Predicting what would happen hasn’t made accepting the reality of it any easier for Rep. Mark Batinick (R-Plainfield).
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Batinick warns progressive tax would cost jobs
Rep. Mark Batinick (R-Plainfield) doesn’t mince words when it comes to voicing his condemnation of the proposed progressive tax system.
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Batinick unsure Janus ruling will help state
Rep. Mark Batinick (R-Plainfield) isn’t quite sure what to make of the Supreme Court’s recent decision dictating that non-union workers are not obligated to pay union dues.
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Batinick claims lawmakers unwilling to help property owners
Rep. Mark Batinick (R-Plainfield) is disgusted by the swelling number of Illinois property owners that are deeply underwater.
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Batinick: "State is in no position to subsidize' Obama Center
Rep. Mark Batinick (R-Plainfield) is curt and to the point in expressing his views on the widening debate over the Obama Center being publicly funded by taxpayers.
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Batinick is unsure of how he feels about disgraced Madigan associates still receiving pensions
Tim Mapes, Kevin Quinn and Sen. Ira Silverstein (D-Chicago) all have more in common than just being three government operatives ensnared in the growing #MeToo movement that continues to rock the state capitol.
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Batinick says there is too much 'sweeping' in new state budget
Rep. Mark Batinick (R-Plainfield) sees the glass as half full when it comes to his level of approval for the recently enacted $38.5 billion state budget.
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NFL should have taken lesson from NBA's handling of anthem controversy, Batinick says
The NFL could have taken a lesson from the NBA in how to deal with protests over the national anthem, an Illinois state representative said during a recent interview.
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Batinick says he wants to see middle class return to Illinois
State Rep. Mark Batinick (R-Plainfield) desperately wants to see the middle class return to Illinois.
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Batinick, GOP peers oppose funding taxpayer-subsidized abortions
With the spring session winding down, Rep. Mark Batinick (R-Plainfield) and his GOP peers held an impromptu press conference Tuesday rejecting taxpayer-subsidized abortions.
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Batinick prefers pension buyouts to more property taxes
Although Illinois residents already pay some of the highest property taxes in the nation, three economists at the Federal Reserve Bank in Chicago recently recommended an additional 1 percent tax on a home's value to remedy the state's climbing pension debt.
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Batinick argues state can't afford to wait any longer to address pension debt crisis
Rep. Mark Batinick (R-Plainfield) argues colleague Jeanne Ives' stand against Illinois’ growing debt crisis couldn’t have come at a more critical time.
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State agency's hiring of ex-cop with federal conviction 'a massive mistake,' Batinick said
An Illinois regulatory agency's decision to hire a former Chicago police officer with a past that included close ties to the Mickey Cobras street gang was "a massive mistake," Rep. Mark Batinick (R-Plainfield) said during a recent interview.
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Batinick says small business has been forgotten in Springfield
Rep. Mark Batinick (R-Plainfield) has come to realize certain truths about the uncertainty small business owners encounter trying to do business in the state.
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Batinick fears Harvey's pension crisis likely to spread across state
Rep. Mark Batinick (R-Plainfield) warns that the financial meltdown in Harvey is just the harbinger of things to come across the state.
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Batinick hoping voters see that Madigan's time is up
Rep. Mark Batinick (R-Plainfield) tries to stay focused on the positives he sees for Republicans after Democrats recently re-elected House Speaker Mike Madigan (D-Chicago) as state party chairman.
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Rauner, Pritzker messages lost in excessive campaign spending, Batinick says
Rep. Mark Batinick (R-Plainfield) doesn’t see how Gov. Bruce Rauner and Democratic challenger J.B. Pritzker can get a fair return on the more than $105 million they combined to invest in their recent primary victories.
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Batinick all in with Rauner's call for balanced budget
Rep. Mark Batinick (R-Plainfield) thinks Gov. Bruce Rauner’s idea for a full and balanced budget is such a good one he doesn’t understand why lawmakers are content to just stop at the basics.
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From Prairie State Wire
Lawmakers warn bill requiring pension fund hearings to be broadcast, while admirable, will be a tough sell
Sponsored by Rep. Carol Ammons (D-Champaign), HB4413 mandates retirement system or pension fund hearings be aired in real time and suggests archiving the recorded video on a website for public access.
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Pritzker's proposed tax plan would only spur out-migration, Batinick says
Rep. Mark Batinick (R-Plainfield) senses that the fear a growing number of Illinois residents are feeling is more than justified.