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Breen: 'We can turn this state around starting at the ballot box'
Peter Breen (R-Lombard) can feel the momentum building in his 48th District run against incumbent state Rep. Terra Costa-Howard (D-Glen Ellyn).
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From Prairie State Wire
Republican lawmakers disappointed in governor's budget proposal
Illinois Republicans were disappointed after hearing Gov. J.B. Pritzker's budget proposal last week
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Unes' road signage bill is sixth signed into law this year
Gov. J.B. Pritzker recently signed into law the sixth bill of the year sponsored by state Rep. Mike Unes (R-East Peoria).
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Spain tweets that Peoria will 'lead the way' because of AutonomouStuff's work, research
State Rep. Ryan Spain (R-Peoria) was recently on hand to salute Morton company AutonomouStuff for its worldwide standing as a supplier of R&D platforms, products, software and engineering services.
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From West Central Reporter
Rep. Hammond renews call for fair maps, supports petition to end gerrymandering
A Republican Illinois House representative from the 93rd District earlier this week renewed her call for fair maps and pushed support for an independent map-drawing petition following a U.S. Supreme Court decision not to hear gerrymander cases.
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From Kankakee Times
Bennett on graduated income tax structure: 'Stop digging,' bring people back to Illinois
House Rep. Thomas Bennett (R-Watseka) said Monday that Illinois has dropped in population because it already has such a high tax burden, and the graduated income tax structure would make that even worse.
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Butler says Democrats' policies, such as graduated income tax proposal, drive Illinoisans from the state
House Rep. Tim Butler (R-Springfield) said Monday that Illinois' policies continue to drive people out of the state.
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Democratic colleague and abortion bill co-sponsor 'very surprised' by Pappas' comments, 'if true'
Remarks about castration as a way to reduce abortion numbers are out of character for the freshman Illinois lawmaker alleged to have made them by a Republican official, said one of her Democratic colleagues during a recent interview.
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From Prairie State Wire
Bill changing sunset on privatization of water systems passes House
A bill that changes the sunset date on previous legislation that involves the privatization of public water systems has passed in the Illinois House of Representatives.
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From Prairie State Wire
Legislature overrides some Rauner vetoes, fails on others
Illinois's outgoing Republican governor saw a few of his vetoes overridden during the Fall Veto Session in Springfield and a few new laws have been passed, a QUAD city area lawmaker said in a summary recap released last week.
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From McLean County Times
Sommer wins 88th House District race
Republican Keith Sommer beat Democrat Jill Blair in the 88th House District race.
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Norine Hammond wins 93rd House District race
Republican Norine Hammond has been declared the winner in the 93rd House District against Democrat John Curtis.
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From Prairie State Wire
2018 election night preview: More competitive races now in play than in 2014
Unlike the dynamic four years ago, a majority of the Illinois House races – 56 percent – will be competitive contests pitting major party candidates during the Nov. 6 midterm election.
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From Prairie State Wire
State House election preview: Candidates square off in 66 of 118 midterm races
The number of Illinois House races being contested by major-party candidates on Nov. 6 is up 13.6 percent over the last midterm election in 2014, according to a Prairie State Wire analysis.
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From Prairie State Wire
House passes $63 million bill for state employee back pay without a revenue estimate
Why would a Democrat appropriate for $63 million in this fiscal budget when there still isn’t a revenue estimate? That was the question some Republican lawmakers asked Rep. Jerry Costello (D-Smithton) at the Thursday House floor debate when he backed HB4290, which pays the oldest Prairie State bill.
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Sommer highlights Heart of Morton program on House floor
Rep. Keith Sommer (R-Morton) had some distinct guests with him at the May 18 House floor debate.
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Washington District Library Board met March 27.
Washington District Library Board met Tuesday, March 27.
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Bipartisan support for two Medicaid-related bills strained during House debate
Though a long-term managed care bill had bipartisan support, it was hard to tell at the April 25 House Human Services Committee hearing.
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From DuPage Policy Journal
After more than four hours of debate, House passes bills covering education, water systems, voter data
Creating and altering bills on education, public and private water systems, and election data privacy drove the April 19 House floor debate into hours of discussion.