State Rep. Mark Batinick (R-Ill.)
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Recent News About State Rep. Mark Batinick (R-Ill.)
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Batinick: 'Please continue to keep Highland Park in your prayers'
State Rep. Mark Batinick (R-Plainfield) is urging well wishes for the people of Highland Park.
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Batinick: ’I stand with my support for Irvin’
Floor Leader for the Republican Caucus State Rep. Mark Batinick is sticking by his endorsement for embattled GOP gubernatorial candidate Richard Irvin.
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Batinick on gas tax: 'I filed HB 5723 to lower those taxes’
Pain at the pump due to the Ukrainian conflict is worsened by Illinois' second-highest per gallon gas tax rate in the country. State Rep. Mark Batinick is hoping to change that by limiting the sales tax on fuel.
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Batinick: ‘Former speaker Madigan was protected for so long that nothing surprises me anymore’
State Rep. Mark Batinick (R-Plainfield) is unsurprised by a group of talking points in defense of former Illinois House speaker Michael Madigan.
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Batinick warns where governor's tax plan will lead: 'It’s all wrong for Illinois'
Republican House Floor Leader Mark Batinick warns there will be consequences to Gov. J.B. Pritzker getting what he seems to want most.
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State Rep. Batinick: We can solve pension, property tax woes
Republican offers plans to lower cost of pensions, use money to reduce taxes
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Rep. Batinick advocates for small businesses, taxpayers
Illinois state Rep. Mark Batinick (R-Plainfield) believes that Gov. J.B. Pritzker is actually making things harder on residents and businesses through his handling of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Rep. Batinick urges Pritzker to consider new COVID-19 data
Illinois state Rep. Mark Batinick (R-Plainfield) can think of at least 349 billion reasons why Gov. J.B. Pritzker should be motivated to restart at least parts of the state’s small business economy by May 1.
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Rep. Batinick sees 'new life' in GOP's fight for change as poll shows voters' contempt for corruption
State House Floor Leader Mark Batinick (R-Plainfield) is hopeful that the results of a new Illinois Education Association poll means that voters may finally be ready to institute the kind of change in Springfield he thinks is necessary for the state to get back on a path to prosperity.
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Rep. Batinick suggests putting citizens on legislative ethics board; says Madigan controls change
Illinois state Rep. Mark Batinick (R-Plainfield) intently listened last week as former Legislative Inspector General (LIG) Julie Porter detailed the futility of her near two-year experience in Springfield, wondering what could have possibly been done to make her job easier.
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Rep. Batinick condemns payroll snafu at Governors State – 'taxpayers are tired of the waste, abuse'
Illinois House Republican Floor Leader Mark Batinick (R-Plainfield) admits that not much about the payroll scandal clouding the Governors State University campus surprises him.
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Rep. Batinick celebrates 'a rare win-win' with bipartisan passage of pension consolidation bill
Illinois House Republican Floor Leader Mark Batinick (R-Plainfield) is experiencing one of those rare moments in Springfield following the passage of Senate Bill 1300.
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New year, new taxes – 'It’s no secret why we’re losing population,' Batinick says
Illinois state Rep. Mark Batinick (R-Plainfield) wishes he and his colleagues in Springfield could repeal one law for every one of the 250 new ones set to take effect on Jan. 1.
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'Speaker Madigan must resign,' Batinick demands of embattled House Speaker
State House Rep. Mark Batinick (R-Plainfield) believes the only choice for House Speaker Mike Madigan (D-Chicago) is to accept responsibility for Springfield’s current crisis of ethics, regardless of what he claims he did or did not know about corruption in Illinois state government.
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Rep. Batinick calls for Madigan, Mautino to resign
In the best interest of Illinois state government, House Rep. Mark Batinick (R-Plainfield) insists that the reign of House Speaker Mike Madigan (D-Chicago) must come to an end.
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Rep. Batinick vows to fight for ethics reform 'until the day I'm gone'
Even as three Democratic state lawmakers have recently announced retirements amid a swirl of allegations, Republican House Floor Leader Mark Batinick (R-Plainfield) worries that it will have only a minimal impact in the fight against political corruption.
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Voters hold the key to improving Illinois' business climate, Rep. Batinick says
In the mind of Illinois House Minority Leader Mark Batinick (R-Plainfield), the state’s long list of regulations have become much more than an inconvenience for business owners.
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'Just not enough being done' about corruption in state government, Rep. Batinick says
Illinois Republican House Floor Leader Mark Batinick is not entirely surprised at the results of a new Harvard University Center for Ethics survey that finds the Prairie State now ranks as the second most corrupt state in the country with Chicago rating as the most corrupt city.
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Study on California's progressive tax indicates what Rep. Batinick has suspected all along
Illinois state Rep. Mark Batinick (R-Plainfield) has, from the very start, viewed Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s progressive income tax plan as one that is doomed to disappoint.
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Too many Illinois lawmakers asking, 'What's in it for me?' Rep. Batinick says
In the eyes of veteran state House Rep. Mark Batinick (R-Plainfield), the recent arrest of now former colleague Luis Arroyo (D-Chicago) reveals a lot about the pervasive corruption among Illinois Democrats.