In honor of National Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Week, state Sen. Neil Anderson (R-Moline) recently thanked EMS workers for their sacrifices in a job that doesn't come with much thanks.
State Rep. Tom Demmer (R-Dixon) does not want to see the Invest in Kids scholarship program go. A lingering program enacted by the Rauner administration, Invest in Kids was recently targeted by Gov. J.B. Pritzker for closure.
Last year the lives of 36 veterans were lost during the catastrophic LaSalle Veterans' Home COVID-19 outbreak, a disaster that has been blamed on the Illinois Department of Veterans' Affairs director, an unqualified chief of staff, repeated failures throughout the entire department and, according to state Rep. Tom Demmer (R-Dixon), no accountability from the Pritzker administration.
Hundreds of millions in federal aid was disbursed from the Illinois Housing Development Authority to tenants and landlords during the COVID-19 pandemic, and landlords in Illinois have not been legally allowed to evict tenants for over a year since the pandemic began.
Illinois state senators came together last week to thank their support staff for all their hard work on Administrative Professionals Day, including Sen. Win Stoller (R-Peoria).
Illinois gun owners are fed up with the delays in receiving their Firearm Owners Identification (FOID) card and at least one lawmaker has picked up on that frustration.
In an Oct. 23 guest column, Illinois State Representative Andrew Chesney (R—Dist. 89) said that state Democrats are plaguing Illinoisans with constant tax increases and poor fiscal management.
Illinois voters rejected a progressive income tax amendment that was criticized for having potentially devastating impacts on the state's taxpayers by removing the flat tax rate, skyrocket small business taxes by 47% and allow the possibility of taxing retirees.