Eureka Middle School students received a special visit from state Rep. Thomas Bennett (R-Gibson City), who taught a lesson about what the state government does, how laws are created and the importance of voting.
Throughout August, state Sen. Win Stoller’s (R-Germantown Hills) Geneseo office will have walk-in hours once a week to give his constituents a chance to be heard without making an appointment.
Illinois State Rep. Tim Bulter (R-Springfield) has called upon Gov. J.B. Pritzker (D-IL) to take immediate action after Illinois Department of Children and Family Services Director Marc Smith received yet…
Illinois State Rep. Thomas Bennett (R-Gibson City) shed some light on a million-dollar fraud problem at the state agency tasked with handling unemployment benefits in the Prairie State.
After the appointment of a convicted arsonist as the Prairie DuPont Fire Protection District’s Fire Chief, state Rep. Mark Luft (R-Pekin) wants to make sure it doesn’t happen again.
Legislation to establish that non-permanent fixtures including buildings and other structures could not be considered property under the Property Tax Code has cleared the Illinois State Senate.
State Rep. Thomas Bennett (R-Pontiac) and Sen. Jason Barickman (R-Bloomington) are working to get information from Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s (D-IL) Administration about the potential downsizing of the prison in Pontiac…
State Rep. Tim Butler (R-Springfield) believes the state’s Democratic polices are to blame for the large amount of police officers leaving the Chicago Police Department to find employment elsewhere.
State Sen. Jil Tracy (R-Quincy) and other Republican lawmakers in the state Senate want to see an end to political corruption in Illinois which has created a black-eye on the…
U.S. Rep. Darin LaHood (R-Peoria) has joined other members of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence in urging the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee (USOPC) to protect the rights…
State Rep. Mark Luft (R-Pekin) has officially announced he’ll be running for re-election.
More than five dozen Decatur small businesses will collectively receive more than $600,000 to help pay for expenses endured during the COVID-19 pandemic, the city said in a release.
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