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Recent News About Illinois House Of Representatives
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Leiv: ‘I refuse to remain a bystander when new leaders are desperately needed’
Matt Leiv, a Republican challenger in the District 14 Congressional race, is positioning himself as "a fighter for the people."
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Rep. Ozinga votes to allow noncitizens to become Illinois police officers
Rep. Tim Ozinga (R-Mokena) voted to give noncitizens a path to become Illinois police officers, siding with a majority of state lawmakers in a recent action that one Republican senator called “a fundamentally bad idea.”
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GOP legislative candidate Russell: Voters have been indoctrinated in 'liberal concepts'
Donna Russell, who ran unsuccessfully for Illinois state representative, said she lost because voters had been indoctrinated in "liberal concepts" for years.
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Durkin calls on Pritzker to stop 'obvious effort to hijack the Republican primary election for governor'
Rep. Jim Durkin has called out Gov. J. B. Pritzker for trying to meddle in the GOP primary election.
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Welter: 'The governor sat idly by and allowed these vulnerable children to suffer'
Rep. Keith Wheeler calls out the Pritzker administration for not taking adequate measures with DCFS that led to numerous cases of child abuse and neglect.
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From DuPage Policy Journal
McCullagh alleges he found evidence of fraud by Michelle Smith in candidate petition filing
State Representative 97th District candidate Thomas McCullagh filed a petition challenge to Michelle Smith's petition packet detailing evidence of fraud in the collection and certifications of signatures.
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From Kendall County Times
Letter to the editor: Gas tax cut
Illinois needs to provide a Gas Tax Holiday and forgo its slated July increase.
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From Kendall County Times
McCullagh running for state rep.: 'I decided to run because years of status quo was leading us nowhere'
Thomas McCullagh is running for public office once again, this time for the Illinois State Representative of District 97.
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Durkin on Madigan's indictment: 'Today may be the darkest day in Illinois government history'
State Rep. Jim Durkin (R-Western Springs) commented on the indictment of former Speaker of the House Michael Madigan.
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Illinois legislation aims to 'protect our veterans from these bad actors'
A bill has passed in the Senate Veterans Affairs Committee to prosecute fraudulent service providers who exploit veterans and to expand access to free care for veterans, according to a press release.
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Memorial highway designated for fallen Afghanistan soldier by Batinick: Meari was 'a wonderful man'
State Rep. Mark Batinick's (R-Plainfield) efforts to rename a section of Illinois Route 59 after a local fallen soldier has paid off.
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Batinick on Educ-Family Leave Eligibility: "I support the bill"
Rep. Mark Batinick (R-Plainfield) voted for a House proposal that would reduce the number of required worked hours for certain employees to be eligible for family and medical leave.
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Illinois legislation addressing 'the terrible tragedy of domestic violence' with new taskforce
Last week a Domestic Violence Task Force was approved by the Illinois House to help combat the state's growing family violence problem.
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Haas: Redistricting in Illinois 'must be fair and transparent'
With a new fair maps bill making its way through the Illinois Senate, the time is fast approaching to redraw the state's notoriously gerrymandered districts, Illinois Rep. Jackie Haas (R-Kankakee) said in a recent social media post.
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Rezin signs onto GOP bill to remove 'partisan politics' from 2021 redistricting process
A fair maps bill making its way through the Illinois Senate is exactly what people — not politicians — in the state need, legislation co-sponsor and Senate Deputy Minority Leader Sue Rezin (R-Morris) said during an interview on April 12.
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Batinick: ‘This has caused some stress on the pension system’
Illinois House Republican Floor Leader Mark Batinick is concerned about what impact House Bill 0126 could have on the state's already overburdened pension system.
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Durkin: Illinois has 'highest effective state and local tax rates, this has to stop'
Illinois House Republican Leader Jim Durkin (R-Burr Ridge) is concerned about high taxes that add more burden to Illinoisan households and called out for this to cease.
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McCullagh believes Illinois Democrats' answer to everything is to raise taxes'
Tom McCullagh sees Democrats reigniting talk of the progressive tax plan as the height of irresponsibility.
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‘They don’t want this,’ Illinois Republican floor leader says of potential revival of Illinois progressive tax
Republican House Floor Leader Mark Batinick (R-Plainfield) said the fact Democrats are again considering a progressive tax months after it failed showed the primary plan to address state financial issues is to raise taxes.
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With Welch, Batinick: new rules for Illinois House 'do the same thing' by keeping residents 'in the dark'
House Republican Floor Leader Mark Batinick (R-Plainfield) said the rules adopted by new House Speaker Emanuel “Chris” Welch (D-Hillside) don’t go far enough to bring about the level of reform he believes that’s needed in Springfield.