Will County Gazette

Veteran state Sen. Sue Rezin (R-Morris) is pressing forward with YMCA Morris building plans.

“We are so close to our fundraising goal to start building,” Rezin recently posted on Twitter. “Thanks Katie at Joliet YMCA, Missy at Morris YMCA and Kevin for our leadership and support.”

Representing the 38th District for more than a decade, Rezin kept the good news rolling, also saluting local establishment the Tangled Roots Brewery for its masterful showing in the recent Great American Beer Festival, the McClean County Times reported.

With 123 entries in the field, the Ottawa-based establishment, which produces its own hops and barley, earned the bronze medal in the fruit wheat beer category.

“Congratulations to Scott Struchen and TRBrewing for taking home the bronze with their Sunkissed Blonde in the Fruit Wheat Beer category,” Rezin posted on Twitter, of the company that also sources ingredients for the menus at its brewery and restaurants from local farmers and growers.

And she labeled the 75th anniversary celebration for the United Way of Grundy County a hit, as well.

“Congratulations to the United Way of Grundy County, who celebrated their 75th Anniversary last night!" Rezin said, according to the Grundy Reporter.  "It was a blast from the past with the Roaring '20s as the theme of the  evening. I may have forgotten to dress accordingly, but those who did  looked like such rockstars! All I can say is it was Roaring Good Time!”

But Rezin also recently made the time to chastise Gov. J.B. Pritzker over his handling of the state’s map redistricting job.

“It’s not déjà vu you’re having,” she posted on Twitter. “Gov. Pritzker did sign politician-drawn legislative maps. He has now broken his promise to the people of Illinois twice.”

Pritzker and Democrats revised the maps after the initial version passed by the majority party led to a slew of legal challenges from Republicans and the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund, MyStateline reported. Opponents argued the maps were unconstitutional because they were based on numbers from the American Community Survey rather than the official 2020 census, which had been delayed by the COVID-19 pandemic.

In moving ahead to finish the maps before official government data was available, the Democratic majority retained control of the process rather than risk a bipartisan committee taking over.