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Tracy calls on Pritzker, Democrats to keep tax increases off the table: 'We can do all this without further burdening' Illlinoisans

By Savannah Howe | May 31, 2021

Illinois Republicans are frustrated with the Democratic majority's budget proposal.

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Tracy calls for ethics reform: 'We are here to restore the people of Illinois' faith in our government'

By Savannah Howe | May 26, 2021

Illinois Republicans are hoping that their Democratic colleagues will join the effort to make serious progress in some much-needed ethics reform.

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Spain frustrated with inaction in Springfield: 'We have so many challenging issues that need to be resolved'

By Savannah Howe | May 25, 2021

Frustration boiled over for state Rep. Ryan Spain (R-Peoria) earlier this month. The representative was annoyed with the lack of progress in the statehouse on Illinois' most important issues.

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Knox County Treasurer Davis on elections commission: Taxpayers 'deserve transparency and accountability'

By Savannah Howe | May 24, 2021

Knox County Treasurer Robin Davis gave her support for a bill that would amend the election code to allow small counties to dissolve their board of election commissioners in a House Ethics and Elections Committee hearing last month.

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Knox County board member Davidson on election commission: 'We have no oversight on any of this'

By Savannah Howe | May 24, 2021

Knox County District 3 board representative Pam Davidson appeared before a House Ethics and Elections Committee hearing last month to show her support for a bill that would amend the election code to allow small counties to do away with their board of election commissioners.

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'Transparency' an issue in new voting Legislation in Illinois

By Savannah Howe | May 21, 2021

State Rep. Norine Hammond (R-Macomb) sponsors a legislation that proposes county boards or county boards of commissioners for small counties be given the power to dissolve their election commissions.

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Spain: Democrats moving forward with new maps is 'an injustice to democracy'

By Savannah Howe | May 11, 2021

Republican lawmakers were hopeful that this would be the decade for a fair legislative district remapping process, especially after Gov. Pritzker vowed during his campaign to reject any maps made by politicians and to support a fair map instead.

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Butler notes possible need of 'ninth member' if redistricting heads to politically-split redistricting commission

By Savannah Howe | May 7, 2021

The statehouse is abuzz with conversation about the redistricting of Illinois' legislative districts, which the Democratic majority must have done by June 30 if they don't want to see the process referred to an independent, bipartisan mapping commission.

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Galesburg election official defends need for boards, 'we fight for the right to have honest, accurate elections'

By Savannah Howe | May 7, 2021

A bill proposed to amend the Election Code to allow small county governments to dissolve a municipal board of election commissioners received backlash at an April 27 hearing.

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Butler: 'Having a fair map keeps corruption at bay'

By Savannah Howe | May 7, 2021

Another decade, another war between state Republicans and Democrats over whether the current redistricting process is fair.

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Bennett on Pritzker breaking redistricting promise: 'It's very disappointing that the governor would go back on his word'

By Savannah Howe | May 4, 2021

Lawmakers are disappointed that Gov. J.B. Pritzker has broken his promise to veto any partisan map presented by Democrats for this year's remapping of the legislative districts.

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Sosnowski urges unemployment offices to open: 'This is a leadership issue, this is not a political issue'

By Savannah Howe | May 3, 2021

Illinois lawmakers are frustrated with the state's unemployment offices and their constituents waiting a month or longer for an unemployment insurance callback.

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Stoller comments on unanimous passing of SALT bill: 'This bill is common sense for Illinois'

By Savannah Howe | May 3, 2021

Legislation introduced by state Sen. Win Stoller (R-Germantown Hills) that aims to save small business owners thousands of dollars passed the Senate last week.

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Spain on redistricting: Democrats trying to avoid the need to work together

By Savannah Howe | Apr 29, 2021

The deadline for Illinois lawmakers to finalize this decade's new legislative map is fast approaching, and state Republicans are no closer to approving the Democrats' approach to the remapping duty.

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Spain: 'Absolutely astounding' that Democrats would use alternative to U.S. Census data

By Savannah Howe | Apr 29, 2021

State lawmakers have just a little over two months to finalize new Illinois legislative districts before the remapping process is delegated to an independent commission, a prospect that Republicans argue would be better for the state after decades of gerrymandering.

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Illinois GOP frustrated with lack of ethics reform this year: 'The House has so far failed to act'

By Savannah Howe | Apr 28, 2021

Rep. Tom Bennett (R-Pontiac) is one of the many Republican lawmakers annoyed that Democrats ignored tackling ethics reform this legislative session.

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Spain reacts to congressional seat loss: 'High taxes and business unfriendliness' to blame in Illinois

By Savannah Howe | Apr 28, 2021

The numbers are in for the official 2020 U.S. Census data, and Illinois has experienced a population drop for the first time in two centuries, confirming an outcome that many have long feared: a congressional seat is being taken away from the Prairie State.

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Butler: Democrats are using political data 'for political gain' with redistricting

By Savannah Howe | Apr 24, 2021

The battle between state lawmakers over whether the once-a-decade redrawing of Illinois' legislative districts should be done now by the Democrat-controlled legislature or referred to an independent committee of residents continues.

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Washington resident's extravagant Christmas decorations are for a good cause

By Savannah Howe | Dec 9, 2020

Residents of Washington who will drive the streets looking for dazzling Christmas light displays should have no trouble finding the home of Mike Rodcay, a Washington resident who is going above and beyond to spread holiday cheer for the second year in a row.

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Caterpillar makes $200k donation to Peoria Public Schools

By Savannah Howe | Nov 12, 2020

The middle and high school students of Peoria Public Schools returned to their classrooms quicker than anticipated, made possible by a $200,000 by former Caterpillar, Inc. President Robert Gilmore.