News

CHERRY VALLEY – Caring communities in the 35th District have provided more than 10,000 Valentines for senior citizens and residents of long-term care facilities across the region, as part of State Sen. Dave Syverson’s third annual Valentines for Seniors Card Drive. “We asked our communities to once again take part in this heart-warming project and WOW … did they deliver! Our schools, civic organizations,

SPRINGFIELD – State Sen. Dave Syverson (R-Cherry Valley) released the following statement after Gov. JB Pritzker delivered his annual Budget Address to a joint session of legislators Feb. 15 in the House of Representatives at the Capitol. “Gov. Pritzker has been able to balance the state’s budget the last two years with the help of billions of federal tax dollars

SPRINGFIELD – The federal Internal Revenue Service determined late last week that Gov. JB Pritzker’s election-year tax rebates are not taxable by the federal government, and Illinois taxpayers will not need to report these payments on their 2022 income tax returns. In other news, the Illinois Manufacturers’ Association has opened the 2023 Makers’ Madness contest for the title of The

SPRINGFIELD – Gov. JB Pritzker announced during the week that he will be ending his continuous COVID-19 disaster declarations on May 11. Illinois has been under an official state of emergency for nearly three years.  In other news, Illinois continues to lag the nation with the second highest unemployment rate. The latest numbers from December 2022 show a continuing trend

HAMPSHIRE, Ill. – State Sen. Dave Syverson (R-Cherry Valley) and State Rep. Jeff Keicher (R-Sycamore) are hosting a Community Blood Drive in partnership with the Versiti Blood Center of Illinois on March 6, from 1:00 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. at the Syverson/Keicher Hampshire District Office, 115 W. Oak Knoll Drive (Illinois Route 72). Blood donors will receive a coupon for

SPRINGFIELD – As lawmakers returned to the Capitol during the week, members of the Senate Republican Caucus stood together to oppose recent public comments by Democrat legislators about restarting a campaign for a progressive income tax. The Illinois Department on Aging has announced that nominations are now being accepted for the Senior Illinoisan Hall of Fame and will be open

SPRINGFIELD – State Sen. Dave Syverson (R-Cherry Valley) says Senate Republicans are working to block Democrat-led efforts to fundamentally change the state’s income tax structure – a Constitutional issue resoundingly rejected by Illinois voters in the November 2020 general election. Syverson attended a Jan. 25 Capitol press conference during which Senate Republicans disavowed attempts by Senate Democrat legislative leaders to

SPRINGFIELD – The first legal challenges to Illinois’ new weapons ban law were filed this week in Illinois and federal courts. In other news, a report detailing the economic effects of Illinois’ goal to put one million electric vehicles on the road by 2030 shows that Illinois would lose $4.3 billion in motor fuel taxes over the next eight years.

State Sen. Dave Syverson (R-Cherry Valley) and State Rep. Jeff Keicher (R-Sycamore) are asking communities to help once again lift the spirits of residents of long-term care facilities by making them Valentine’s Day cards. “For the third year in a row, we are asking the community to take part in this heart-warming project. Our Valentines for Seniors Card Drive provides