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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More taxes in the New Year will only dig us deeper in the hole, Rep. Wilhour cautions
Illinois House Rep. Blaine Wilhour (R-Beecher City) wonders how some of his legislative colleagues in Springfield are among the only people in the state who fail to see the perils of their tax-and-spend policies.
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Republicans call for special session on ethics reform
Illinois state Rep. Blaine Wilhour (R-Beecher City) took part in a a press conference Wednesday to urge Democratic Gov. J.B. Pritzker to call for a special session devoted to ethics reform legislation, rather than wait six weeks for the start of the next scheduled session.
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The New Year cannot arrive fast enough for Rep. Wilhour, who anticipates some new faces in government
Illinois state Rep. Blaine Wilhour (R-Beecher City) is hopeful that the end of state Sen. Martin Sandoval’s tenure (D-Chicago) will symbolically mark a new beginning in Springfield.
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Influence peddling, special-interest groups at the heart of Illinois' poor business climate, Rep. Wilhour says
The state of Illinois now ranks as the third most regulated state in the U.S., and one Downstate lawmaker thinks that only tells part of the story.
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Rebuilding the culture in Springfield includes changing the people in charge, Rep. Wilhour says
Illinois state Rep. Blaine Wilhour (R-Beecher City) concedes that bringing ethics reform to Springfield is an uphill battle, and will remain so until some other changes can occur.
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California's 'wealth exodus' a forecast for Illinois, Rep. Wilhour cautions
Illinois House Rep. Blaine Wilhour (R-Beecher) needs voters' help in creating much-needed change in state government.
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Rep. Wilhour helps initiate bill to fight the high cost of Illinois' 'corruption tax'
Illinois state Rep. Blaine Wilhour (R-Beecher City) is sounding the alarm about the level of corruption in Springfield.
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Rep. Wilhour not surprised to see Pritzker's public support on the decline
Illinois state Rep. Blaine Wilhour (R-Beecher City) is convinced that Gov. J.B. Pritzker will ultimately pay a price for his increasingly liberal policies.
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Rep. Wilhour supports Illinois red light-camera ban in wake of Sandoval corruption probe
Illinois state Rep. Blaine Wilhour (R-Beecher City) is as concerned about road safety as anyone, which is why he’s never been a fan of the state’s red-light camera system.
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Politicians' greed at the root of pension crisis, exorbitant tax rates and outmigration, Rep. Wilhour says
Illinois state Rep. Blaine Wilhour (R-Beecher City) says the reason people are fleeing the state in record numbers is quite simple.
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Rep. Wilhour assigned to gun violence task force
First-term Illinois state Rep. Blaine Wilhour (R-Beecher City) has been named to a House task force charged with looking for ways to curb the state’s rising gun violence problem.
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'Too much power in one party breeds corruption,' Rep. Wilhour says after another Democrat is raided
Illinois freshmen state Rep. Blaine Wilhour (R-Effingham) says the escalating federal corruption probe into numerous Democratic Illinois politicians screams for change in Springfield.
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Illinois' broken pension system has state trapped in a fiscal limbo, Rep. Wilhour says
Illinois House Rep. Blaine Wilhour (R-Effingham) wonders how the state's fiscal woes can ever improve as long as the specter of a broken pension system hangs over Springfield like a dark cloud.
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Chief Justice Burke's election 'sends an appalling message,' Rep. Wilhour says
State Rep. Blaine Wilhour’s (R-Effingham) frustration is apparent upon hearing the news that the wife of recently indicted Chicago Ald. Ed Burke now holds the position of Illinois’ most powerful judge.
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Stakes are high for an accurate 2020 Census count, Rep. Wilhour says
Illinois state Rep. Blaine Wilhour (R-Beecher City) does not want to leave a single stone unturned with regard to the state's crucial 2020 U.S. Census count.
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Wilhour hopes IPI report on high use of SNAP in Illinois will lead to movement on his bill limiting its use
Illinois state Rep. Blaine Wilhour (R-Effingham) didn’t need an Illinois Policy Institute (IPI) report to tell him about an issue problem he’s been pushing to address change since arriving in Springfield.
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Rep. Wilhour says focusing on gun legislation after mass shootings is wrong direction to look in
Illinois state Rep. Blaine Wilhour (R-Effingham) thinks too many local lawmakers are focusing on all the wrong things in the wake of a pair of recent mass shootings across the country where at least 31 people died.
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Rep. Wilhour blames one-party rule for Cullerton affair: 'I think this goes all the way up to the top'
Illinois state Rep. Blaine Wilhour (R-Effingham) has a distinct view of the ghost payroll charges state Sen. Thomas Cullerton (D-Villa Park) now faces stemming from the $275,000 union wages he allegedly received without so much as having a job description.
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Rep. Wilhour: Politics, spite getting in the way of responsible border security
Illinois state Rep. Blaine Wilhour (R-Effingham) fears that a new law recently signed by Gov. J.B. Pritzker granting more protections to immigrant youths will ultimately spell trouble for the state.
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Property taxes will continue to hurt home values as long as Illinois voters allow it, Wilhour says
Illinois state Rep. Blaine Wilhour (R-Effingham) points to a new Federal Housing Finance Agency report on the housing market as an example of how dangerously predictable Springfield has become.