Ill State News

SPRINGFIELD – Legislation sponsored by House Deputy Majority Leader and Speaker Pro Tempore Jehan Gordon-Booth, D-Peoria, that would increase equity for low-income and minority students by expanding access to higher quality school meals across the state was approved by the House Elementary & Secondary Education Committee this afternoon. The legislation, which has support from both sides of the […]

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. – State Representative Adam Niemerg (R-Dieterich) along with State Representatives Brad Halbrook (R-Shelbyville); Dan Caulkins (R-Decatur); Blaine Wilhour (R-Beecher City); and Chris Miller (R-Oakland) defied the Illinois House mask rules and were forced to vote on bills remotely instead of on the House floor.   They are issuing the following statement on what transpired

WOODSTOCK, Ill. – Gary Rabine, candidate for Illinois Governor is issuing the following statement on the recent Appellate Court ruling on the mask mandate at schools. “For the second time in as many weeks, a court has slapped down JB Pritzker’s efforts to make parents bystanders in their kids’ health care decisions.  Clinging to the egomaniacal

SPRINGFIELD – Legislation sponsored by House Deputy Majority Leader and Speaker Pro Tempore Jehan Gordon-Booth, D-Peoria, that would increase equity for low-income and minority students by expanding access to higher quality school meals across the state was approved by the House Elementary & Secondary Education Committee this afternoon. The legislation, which has support from both

SPRINGFIELD – The Illinois Manufacturers’ Association (IMA) is backing legislation that would make permanent and modernize a tax credit that incentivizes manufacturers and other companies to invest in research and development projects in Illinois.   “Illinois manufacturers are constantly striving to bring new and better products to market. From innovative medical treatments to unique food products

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Illinois Fraternal Order of Police (FOP) Corrections Lodge 263 President Scot Ward issued the following statement regarding House Bill 3564, the proposed Isolated Confinement Restriction Act, that would limit the time an inmate could be placed in restrictive housing to ten days during any 180-day period and would allow the inmate out-of-cell

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Tuesday afternoon, a meeting of the Joint Committee on Administrative Rules (JCAR) met to vote on the latest version of COVID-19 mitigation rules for K-12 schools. The committee voted 9-0 to suspend the rules and prevent them from going into effect.   In response, State Representative David Friess (R-Red Bud) offered the

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — In response to recent reports of a convicted arsonist being made chief of a small-town fire department, State Representative David Friess (R-Red Bud) filed legislation to combat this type of oversight in the form of HB5693. The bill would make it so that a person applying for a position in a fire

SPRINGFIELD – Today, the Illinois Municipal League (IML) launched a free education platform for all local police (Article 3) and firefighter (Article 4) pension fund trustees. The platform, available online at iml.org/pensiontrustees, provides the statutorily-required training certification for all trustees.   The training program provides all required training for pension fund trustees. IML provides this

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. – With the indoor mask mandate set to expire at the end of the month State Representative Adam Niemerg (R-Dieterich) along with State Representatives Brad Halbrook (R-Shelbyville); Dan Caulkins (R-Decatur); Blaine Wilhour (R-Beecher City); and Chris Miller (R-Oakland) ditched their masks on the House floor and issued the following statement.   “Today we entered the