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  Senator Syverson Fights Budget Games Budget passed without tax increase, yet none of Quinn’s promised savage cuts Senator Dave Syverson voted no to an incomplete, irresponsible budget that is based on accounting tricks and one time budgetary gimmicks.   “Extreme and radical cuts, cuts that will starve our schools and result in mass teacher layoffs, larger class sizes and higher

  Sen Syverson Sponsors Legislation to Save Bake Sales and Lemonade Stands from “Big Brother” Government And just when you thought Illinois couldn’t make our jobs climate worse… Springfield- Senator Dave Syverson is sponsoring new legislation that would protect bake sales, lemonade stands, and young entrepreneurial bakers from yet another attempt at government overreach. “This whole thing started when the

Senator Syverson discusses the recent attempts by the legislative majorities to raise taxes on Illinoisans. He also talks about why he is opposed. Click here for more information.

SPRINGFIELD, IL – Ms. Lynn Grover, students and other professionals associated with the South Beloit School Based Health Center (SBHC) traveled to the Illinois State Capitol on April 1. The students toured the Capitol Complex to learn more about the Illinois legislative process. They also met with local legislators to discuss the SBHC and engage in dialogue about the health

$123 Billion: Surtax on Investment Income (Takes effect Jan. 2013): A new, 3.8 percent surtax on investment income earned in households making at least #250,000 ($200,000 single). This would result in the following top tax rates on investment income:       *Other unearned income includes (for surtax purposes) gross income from interest, annuities, royalties, net rents, and passive income

SPRINGFIELD, IL – State Sen. Dave Syverson (R-Rockford) offered the following comments after Governor Pat Quinn’s annual Budget Address on March 26. “In 2010, my Republican colleagues and I warned that the Governor’s tax increase would never be used to pay bills or reduce our long-term debts and that the 67 percent income tax on individuals would never be temporary.

SPRINGFIELD, IL – As part of the annual Illinois Pork Producers Association (IPPA) Legislative Day, hundreds of pork and cattle producers descended on the State Capitol on March 25. A key part of that day is recognizing and honoring their 2014 IPPA family of the year. This year, Gerald and Nancy Hartmann of Maple Park were selected as 2014 ‘Family

SPRINGFIELD, IL – Illinois lawmakers are notorious for regulating and requiring continuing education for professions from doctors, lawyers, bankers, realtors to barbers even – hair braiding – but they fall woefully short, when it comes to imposing educational standards on themselves, according to State Sen. Dave Syverson (R-Rockford). “Public perception of elected officials is at an all-time low due to

SPRINGFIELD, IL – State Senators Kirk Dillard (R-Hinsdale) and Dave Syverson (R-Rockford) are cautioning Illinois citizens 55 and older about the possibility their assets could be claimed by the state if they opt in to the Medicaid program as allowed under the expanded Obamacare income guidelines. “We need to make it very clear to those who are eligible for Medicaid

SPRINGFIELD– State Senator Dave Syverson (R-Rockford) called a delay in Governor Pat Quinn’s annual Budget Message to late March a “sham” to continue to push off bad news about Illinois’ critical financial problems. The Senate Wednesday voted to move Quinn’s address from February 19 to March 26. Syverson says Quinn’s move is purely political, and will make the job of