State Rep. Mike Unes (R-East Peoria) was awarded the 2016 Friend of Agriculture Award from the Illinois Farm Bureau (IFB) by the Peoria County Farm Bureau in August.

State Rep. Donald Moffitt (R-Gilson) thinks the loyalty oath signed by candidates running for office is a reasonable gauge of a person’s character and is beneficial to the voting public.

Incumbent state Rep. Norine Hammond (R-Macomb) recently was endorsed by several local and state officials in her November re-election bid for the 93rd District seat.