Illinois Representative Mark Batinick (r-97th)
Recent News About Illinois Representative Mark Batinick (r-97th)
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Rep. Batinick votes on two education bills
Illinois state Rep. Mark Batinick (R-Plainfield) voted on two education bills in Springfield this week.
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Pritzker's waning popularity the result of his 'tax, tax, tax' methodology, Rep. Batinick suggests
Illinois House Republican Floor Leader Mark Batinick (R-Plainfield) senses a new reality for Democratic Gov. J.B. Pritzker.
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Rep. Batinick vows to fight red-light cameras used by 'municipalities addicted to revenue'
That Chicago is now home to the most red-light cameras in the country seems par for the course to Illinois state Rep. Mark Batinick (R-Plainfied).
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'Pensions and property taxes' driving people out of Illinois, Rep. Batinick says
Republican Minority House Leader Mark Batinick (R-Plainfield) says it's no wonder a new study found that more people are thinking of leaving Illinois, given all the tax-and-spend policies Democratic leaders have used to cripple the state.
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Rep. Batinick to host College Financial Aid and FAFSA Workshop
Republican House Minority Leader Mark Batinick (R-Plainfield) is slated to host a College Financial Aid and Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) Workshop for parents and students of his 97th District on Oct. 16.
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The 'Chicago Way,' aka political corruption, rapidly becoming the Illinois Way, says Rep. Batinick
Illinois House Floor Leader Mark Batinick (R-Plainfield) worries that the longstanding “Chicago Way” of political cronyism – even corruption – has now spread throughout state government.
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Rep. Batinick charges Democratic leaders with not taking pension crisis 'seriously enough'
Illinois Republican House Floor Leader Mark Batinick (R-Plainfield) feels the state is moving backward in its fight to gain control of the debilitating pension crisis.
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Rep. Batinick calls on voters for a 'clean sweep' to end political corruption in Illinois
House Rep. Mark Batinick (R-Plainfield) insists that the recent election of embattled Chicago Ald. Ed Burke’s wife as the state’s most powerful judge stands as a testament to how much change is needed in Illinois politics.
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Batinick: Mautino should resign after financial scandals, court ruling
Illinois state Rep. Mark Batinick, R-Plainfield, said Illinois is in a class all by itself when it comes to the way lawmakers have chosen to handle the ongoing scandal involving Illinois Auditor General Frank Mautino.
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Batinick proud of work done to limit sexual harassment in Illinois
Illinois state Rep. Mark Batinick (R-Plainfield) sees the signing of Senate Bill 075 into law as another giant step forward in his crusade to ensure a safe work environment for women across the state.
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Rep. Batinick on Sen. Cullerton's indictment: 'I certainly hope voters are paying close attention'
Illinois House Floor Leader Mark Batinick (R-Plainfield) considers the recent federal corruption indictment of state Sen. Thomas Cullerton (D-Villa Park) a sobering reality check of what needs fixing in Springfield.
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Rep. Batinick calls for politics to take a back seat on state's simmering immigration issues
Illinois state Rep. Mark Batinick (R-Plainfield) wants to see the legislature in Springfield act like the body it was intended to be on the pressing issue of immigration.
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Property taxes driving residents out, Batinick says
Illinois state Rep. Mark Batinick (R-Plainfield) does not hesitate when placing the blame for the state’s dire property tax crisis.
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Rep. Batinick joins call to end gerrymandering
State Rep. Mark Batinick has added his voice to the call for the formation of an independent body to draw Illinois' legislative maps.
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New taxes go into effect, evoking an old mantra from Rep. Batinick: 'Voters have to wake up'
Illinois House Minority Leader Mark Batinick (R-Plainfield) sees a lot of the same foundational issues in the Illinois state government as there are in the state's infrastructure, and the longer voters ignore them, the deeper and more damaging the cracks will become.
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Tax-burdened Illinoisans 'voting with their feet,' Batinick says, as millennials flee in droves
Illinois House Minority Leader Mark Batinick (R-Plainfield) asserts that a new survey showing successful millennials are leaving the state at a swifter rate than virtually anywhere else in the country is representative of how disenchanted voters have become about Springfield’s never-ending tax demands.
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'There's no way' budget can be balanced as long as Democrats ignore the issues, Rep. Batinick says
All the talk about the state’s recently enacted $40 billion budget actually being balanced never made sense to state Rep. Mark Batinick (R-Plainfield).
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Rep. Batinick doubts a tax hike would fix roads under Illinois' 'same old, inefficient government'
With 10 days still remaining in the current legislative session, veteran Republican state Rep. Mark Batinick (Plainfield) already knows where he stands on the issue of Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s proposed gas tax.
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House bill would wipe out $49.5 million state debt to Oswego school district, two Republican lawmakers say
Oswego School District 308's Board of Education is worried about how to close a $1.3 million deficit while a Democrat lawmaker would have the state weasel out of paying $49.5 million it has owed the district for years, two Republican lawmakers are saying.
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Rep. Batinick speaks out against Pritzker's commitment to Chicago while rest of Illinois suffers
State Rep. Mark Batinick (R-Plainfield) thinks Gov. J.B. Pritzker is sending several bad messages with his plan of pumping more money into the pension system of Chicago teachers while cutting back on the pension plans of other teachers across the state.