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SPRINGFIELD– Lawmakers return to Springfield January 9 with two days to conclude the work of the 99th General Assembly prior to the new 100th General

SPRINGFIELD– As citizens throughout the state of Illinois ring in the New Year, nearly 200 laws will take effect. A significant number of the new

SPRINGFIELD– With only a few weeks left until some of the state’s spending authority runs out, Gov. Bruce Rauner and the four leaders continued to

SPRINGFIELD– Lawmakers returned to Springfield for the final week of the fall 2016 veto session.  Dominating legislative action were continued leaders’ meetings to find a

SPRINGFIELD – Lawmakers will return to Springfield next week for the second scheduled week of Veto Session in the hopes of achieving a budget agreement

SPRINGFIELD – Due to stalling by Democrat leaders, the first week of the fall veto session ended early without any real action on the state

SPRINGFIELD – Democrats again delayed working to fix the state’s broken budget and instead chose to increase the state’s deficit, according to State Senator Dave

SPRINGFIELD – Springfield, Ill. – The General Assembly will return to Springfield Nov. 15 as part of the annual fall “veto session.” However, prior to

SPRINGFIELD – Halloween brought more than just candy and costumes to schools across the state when the Illinois State Board of Education released their annual

SPRINGFIELD – Two new jobs reports from September reinforce Republican lawmakers’ calls for job-creating reforms. The reports show that manufacturing jobs are down, white-collar jobs