Illinois State Rep. Blaine Wilhour (R-Louisville)
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Recent News About Illinois State Rep. Blaine Wilhour (R-Louisville)
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'We're not doing anything': Wilhour frustrated after years of stagnation in Illinois ethics reform
Another Illinois legislative session is drawing to a close, and many lawmakers are frustrated that the state is no closer to addressing its longstanding ethics issues.
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Wilhour cautiously optimistic speaker's run is finally over: 'It seems like this could be the end'
As much as he thinks House Speaker Mike Madigan has outlasted his usefulness in Springfield, state Rep. Blaine Wilhour admits he’d never count him out.
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Wilhour blasts Springfield Democrats over Veto Session: 'The legislature is completely abandoning its duties'
State Rep. Blaine Wilhour fumes that Illinois lawmakers not meeting in Springfield this month for a planned Veto Session essentially amounts to a dereliction of duty.
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Wilhour blasts state Democrats for hypocrisy in approach to COVID-19 pandemic
State Rep. Blaine Wilhour has grown tired of what he sees as Illinois Democrats' endless hypocrisy when it comes to his handling of the COVID-19 crisis.
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Wilhour wins reelection bid, thanks voters
Republican Incumbent Blaine Wilhour has won his reelection bid for District 107 House seat and thanked voters for their support.
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Wilhour tells business owners to stand against Pritzker's COVID-19 shutdowns: 'Everyone should be open'
State Rep. Blaine Wilhour is looking to empower small business owners in their lingering battle with Gov. J.B. Pritzker.
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Wilhour slams governor's new shutdown orders: 'The state has no enforcement authority'
State Rep. Blaine Wilhour wants small business owners to realize their own power in their fight to save their livelihoods.
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Wilhour warns governor's progressive tax plan is 'not even a temporary band-aid' for Illinois' economic woes
State Rep. Blaine Wilhour sees the promotion of the progressive tax championed by Gov. J.B. Pritzker as the panacea for all the state’s financial woes as totally impractical.
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Wilhour reminds fellow farmers of critical steps to prevent grain bin accidents
State Rep. Blaine Wilhour is doing all he can to break a disturbing trend in agriculture that has already resulted in four deaths in the grain bin industry this year.
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Wilhour urges local farmers to apply for COVID-19 grants through state recovery program
Republican state Rep. Blaine Wilhour is urging area farmers to take advantage of an Illinois Department of Agriculture program set to provide $5 million in business recovery grants available to qualifying individuals in the livestock industry.
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Wilhour calls on governor to transfer control of high school sports to appropriate experts
State Rep. Blaine Wilhour is calling on the powers that be to do what he sees as the right thing by Illinois high school student-athletes.
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Wilhour believes governor's lockdowns continue to ignore increases in depression and anxiety
Veteran state Rep. Blaine Wilhour has long worried about the cure becoming more dangerous than the disease in Illinois' battle against COVID-19.
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Wilhour points to rising overdose deaths, suicides as direct effect of governor's widespread shutdown policies
With drug overdose deaths reported to be up 52% in DuPage County, state Rep. Blaine Wilhour is warning people to be careful of what they wish for in the battle to control COVID-19.
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Wilhour warns governor now is not the time to snub federal ban on patronage hires
State Rep. Blaine Wilhour is voicing his outrage over what he views as Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s effort to remove a federal decree banning patronage hiring in the midst of an ongoing federal probe into a pay-for-play scandal.
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Wilhour blasts Pritzker for 'circumventing our legal process' with COVID-19 policies
Illinois state Rep. Blaine Wilhour (R-Beecher City) is blasting Gov. J.B. Pritzker over what he contends is his blatant disregard for rules and regulations.
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Wilhour on House speaker scandal: 'We need to clearly say Mike Madigan needs to go'
State Rep. Blaine Wilhour argues it’s not hard to figure out why Democrats have been as slow as they have to speak out against embattled House Speaker Mike Madigan.
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Amid new allegations, Wilhour calls for an end to 'the Illinois Democrat criminal enterprise led by Speaker Madigan'
State Rep. Blaine Wilhour is already prepared to render his verdict in the widening federal probe that now finds longtime House Speaker Mike Madigan at its center.
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Wilhour blasts leaders in Bloody Chicago: innocent children continue to be gunned down in Democrat-run cities
As summer violence continues to escalate across the country, veteran state Rep. Blaine Wilhour is calling for action.
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Wilhour urges employers to participate in statewide worker's compensation seminar
State Rep. Blaine Wilhour is urging employers across the 107th District to be prepared to take advantage of an Illinois Chamber of Commerce worker’s compensation seminar next month in Springfield.
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Wilhour says poor leadership is why 'Chicago is literally a war zone'
State Rep. Blaine Wilhour has grown outraged with all of the senseless violence in Chicago.