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Wednesday, January 29, 2020

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ILLINOIS STATE SENATE DISTRICT 48: Manar statement regarding non-citizen voter registration error

Senator Andy Manar (D-Bunker Hill) released the following statement regarding reports that fewer than 600 non-citizens were added to voter rolls due to administrative error: “There is absolutely no room for administrative error when it comes to properly conducting our election system.

By Press release submission | Jan 28, 2020

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ILLINOIS STATE SENATE DISTRICT 50: Illinois State Police are hiring

The Illinois State Police (ISP) have extended the application period for the next Cadet class until Jan. 31.

By Press release submission | Jan 28, 2020

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Rep. Wilhour advocates for voter ID in wake of automatic-registration scandal

By Glenn Minnis | Jan 27, 2020

Illinois state Rep. Blaine Wilhour (R-Beecher City) contends that the Secretary of State's Automatic Voter Registration (AVR) system is one that invites the kind of confusion it is now experiencing in the aftermath of reports that nearly 600 non-citizens were mistakenly registered to vote in 2018 elections.

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ILLINOIS STATE HOUSE DISTRICT 100: Davidsmeyer: Root Out Voter Fraud

Jan 26, 2020

Davidsmeyer: Root Out Voter Fraud

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ILLINOIS STATE HOUSE DISTRICT 95: Rep. Bourne Demands Accountability and Action to PreserveIntegrity of Illinois Elections

Jan 26, 2020

Rep. Bourne Demands Accountability and Action to PreserveIntegrity of Illinois Elections

From Prairie State Wire

ILGOP Chairman Schneider demands action as non-citizens were registered to vote in 2018

By Glenn Minnis | 5 days ago

Illinois Republican Party Chairman Tim Schneider is demanding that a state-run program that automatically registers voters be immediately suspended amid reports that non-citizens were certified and cast votes in 2018.

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ILLINOIS STATE HOUSE DISTRICT 107: Rep. Wilhour Co-Sponors “Farmland Assessment Seminars” with Farm Bureau

By Press release submission | Jan 22, 2020

Rep. Wilhour Co-Sponors “Farmland Assessment Seminars” with Farm Bureau

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ILLINOIS STATE SENATE DISTRICT 58: State Senator Paul Schimpf's Senate Week in Review: January 17

By Press release submission | 8 days ago

On Thursday, I had an informative meeting and tour of Scott Air Force Base with the Military Economic Development Committee.

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ILLINOIS STATE SENATE DISTRICT 48: $2 million state grant delivered to Southern Macoupin Consortium for Innovation and Career Pathways

By Press release submission | Jan 21, 2020

Students in Macoupin County will have access to new tech education equipment and training facilities with the help of a recently delivered $2 million state grant advocated by State Senator Andy Manar (D-Bunker Hill) intended to support capital improvements and much-needed equipment upgrades for the Southern Macoupin Consortium for Innovation and Career Pathways.

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Rep. Wilhour demands that Democrats stand up to corruption, Madigan

By Glenn Minnis | Jan 21, 2020

State House Rep. Blaine Wilhour (R-Beecher City) wonders what it will take for Illinois Democrats to stand up to powerful House Speaker Mike Madigan (D-Chicago).

From Prairie State Wire

Senate GOP Leader Bill Brady said to have voiced private support for abortion funding, gun control legislation

By W.J. Kennedy | 11 days ago

Former high-level aides to Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner has revealed that Senate Republican Leader Bill Brady (R-Bloomington) told the then governor he was right for signing HB 40 in September 2017, the law requiring Medicaid funding of abortions. At a separate meeting, Brady also recommended that the governor sign gun control bills should they reach his desk.

From Carbondale Reporter

ILLINOIS STATE SENATE DISTRICT 58: State Senator Paul Schimpf's Senate Week in Review: January 10

By Press release submission | 14 days ago

The Office of the State Fire Marshal is now accepting applications for the competitive Small Equipment Grant program.

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ILLINOIS STATE SENATE DISTRICT 48: Manar aims to empower Decatur SIMP students during Capitol visit

By Press release submission | Jan 15, 2020

State Senator Andy Manar (D-Bunker Hill) welcomed 37 young women from Sherrod’s Independent Mentoring Program, Inc., or SIMP, which provides mentorship, academic advising, and empowerment seminars to public school students in Decatur.

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ILLINOIS STATE SENATE DISTRICT 50: Tax credit offered to small businesses in the wake of minimum wage hike

By Press release submission | Jan 15, 2020

The start of the New Year brought about the beginning of Illinois’ controversial minimum wage hike. Effective Jan. 1, Illinois’ minimum wage increased from $8.25 per hour to $9.25 per hour, putting additional cost burdens on small-business owners across the state.

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Property tax task force seems to have achieved its purpose, Rep. Wilhour laments

By Glenn Minnis | Jan 15, 2020

Illinois state Rep. Blaine Wilhour (R-Beecher City) argues that few in Springfield are surprised that the Property Tax Relief Task Force assembled by Gov. J.B. Pritzker fall woefully short of its stated goal.

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ILLINOIS STATE HOUSE DISTRICT 115: Bryant E News – January 11, 2020

By Press release submission | Jan 12, 2020

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ILLINOIS STATE HOUSE DISTRICT 107: Effingham Chamber Hosts White House Advisor at Luncheon

By Press release submission | Jan 12, 2020

Effingham Chamber Hosts White House Advisor at Luncheon

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Sen. Plummer's farm-equipment bill rises to top of new crop of state laws

By Glenn Minnis | 21 days ago

Freshmen Illinois state Sen. Jason Plummer (R-Edwardsville) is grateful for the praise his bill eliminating registration fees for certain farming equipment is drawing as one of the most sensible of more than 250 new laws enacted on Jan. 1.

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ILLINOIS STATE HOUSE DISTRICT 96: Financial help is being offered for schools wishing to visit the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum.

By Press release submission | Jan 8, 2020

Financial help is being offered for schools wishing to visit the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum.

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Taxpayers will suffer as long as special-interest groups maintain control, Rep. Wilhour says

By Glenn Minnis | Jan 7, 2020

Freshmen House Rep. Blaine Wilhour (R-Beecher City) is not sure which upsets him more, the fact that Illinois has become the nation's best example of a state in decline or the fact that the prospect of change seems so far out of reach right now.