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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 laws target crime, make changes to the criminal justice system, seek to assist law enforcement, and advance safety provisions for Illinois motorists. Other new laws cover everything from veterans’ affairs to families and children, hunting

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 meet in Chicago to discuss a full-year budget plan accompanied by reforms; however, meetings have been put on hold while the Governor and Republican leaders await a budget proposal from Democrat legislative leaders. Also this

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 path forward on a full-year budget, the approval of an energy bill that would keep two nuclear plants operating, the desire to ensure the Automatic Voter Registration measure prevents fraud and complies with federal law,

SPRINGFIELD – Lawmakers will return to Springfield next week for the second scheduled week of Veto Session in the hopes of achieving a budget agreement for the state of Illinois.  Meanwhile, public health officials are offering tips on how to stay safe during the Thanksgiving holiday and holiday shoppers are encouraged to shop local this Saturday. 2nd Week of Veto

SPRINGFIELD – Due to stalling by Democrat leaders, the first week of the fall veto session ended early without any real action on the state budget. Republican lawmakers joined the Governor in urging their Democrat counterparts to work with them on crafting a balanced state budget and transformational reforms, underscoring that the appropriations authority required to pay for many 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 Syverson (R-Rockford). “We already can’t pay our human service providers, and our budget backlog just passed $10 billion dollars,” said Senator Syverson. “Instead of working with us to try to balance our budget, Democrats are

SPRINGFIELD – Springfield, Ill. – The General Assembly will return to Springfield Nov. 15 as part of the annual fall “veto session.” However, prior to the fall veto session, Gov. Bruce Rauner has called for a Nov. 14 meeting of the state’s legislative leaders to jump-start the collaborative process as the leaders attempt to address the serious issues facing Illinois.

SPRINGFIELD – Halloween brought more than just candy and costumes to schools across the state when the Illinois State Board of Education released their annual Illinois Report Card, which assessed a number of factors to determine Illinois schools’ performance. Also during the week, the Illinois School Funding Reform Commission met yet again, this time to discuss special and early childhood

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 are up, but the overall workforce drop continues in Illinois. Also during the week, the State Board of Elections announced that the number of registered voters in Illinois has surpassed a previous record set in

SPRINGFIELD- A newly created “Illinois Competiveness Council” was tasked this week with cutting red tape and eliminating burdensome regulations on employers and entrepreneurs; the Illinois School Funding Reform Commission continued their discussion on Illinois’ property tax system and its implications for school funding; and the Health Care Fraud Elimination Task Force announced their findings. Cutting red tape in Illinois State