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Rezin on voting bill: 'These are ideas that every Illinoisan should support'

By Glenn Minnis | May 21, 2021

Veteran state Sen. Sue Rezin (R-Morris) reasons she has every reason for throwing her support behind Senate Bill 1326.

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Demmer on redistricting: 'A flawed process leads to a flawed product'

By Glenn Minnis | May 21, 2021

Republican state Rep. Tom Demmer (R-Dixon) has a simple formula for why he fears the map redistricting process may be headed in the wrong direction.

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Demmer on LaSalle report: 'A clear picture of negligence'

By Glenn Minnis | May 21, 2021

Illinois state Rep. Tom Demmer (R-Dixon) is intent on making sure no stone goes unturned when uncovering all that went wrong in the LaSalle Veterans’ Home tragedy.

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Welter asks for 'moment of silence' to recognize death of Martin Ozinga III

By Glenn Minnis | May 20, 2021

State Rep. David Welter (R-Morris) recently rose on the House Floor to offer heartfelt condolences to fellow GOP colleague Tim Ozinga (R-Mokena) over the death of his father, Martin Ozinga III.

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Rezin: 'Important to protect' school funding in proposed dress code policy

By Glenn Minnis | May 18, 2021

Veteran state Sen. Sue Rezin (R-Morris) wants to make sure Senate Bill 817 does what it sets out on the school dress code front.

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Swanson: 'We need to initiate hearings' on veterans' home COVID deaths

By Glenn Minnis | May 13, 2021

State Rep. Dan Swanson (R-Woodhull) is still seeking answers after the LaSalle Veterans' Home COVID-19 outbreak left 36 dead.

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Welter on veterans' home deaths: 'We are trying to find solutions so this will never happen again'

By Glenn Minnis | May 12, 2021

State Rep. David Welter (R-Morris) is offering the families of the 36 veterans who died at the LaSalle Veterans' Home the one gesture he thinks they deserve most.

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Swanson: Pritzker 'abdicated responsibilty for COVID-19 outbreak' at LaSalle Veterans' Home

By Glenn Minnis | May 9, 2021

State Rep. Dan Swanson doesn’t mince words when talking about what he sees as the failure at the LaSalle Veterans' Home last fall that left 36 residents dead.

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Lauf: 'We have a congressman in Kinzinger who bashes the former president'

By Glenn Minnis | Apr 19, 2021

Catalina Lauf wants voters to remember where she comes from and what she’s always striving to represent as she faces U.S. Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-Rockford) in next year's Republican primary.

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Rezin: Having lawmakers draw redistricting maps is 'what's wrong with the system'

By Glenn Minnis | Apr 13, 2021

Veteran state Sen. Sue Rezin (R-Morris) is determined to make all the map redistricting hearings now taking place count in the end.

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Spain: 'We maximize our federal funding through the census'

By Glenn Minnis | Apr 6, 2021

In stressing the need for lawmakers to be able to rely on dependable Census Bureau data, state Rep. Ryan Spain (R-Peoria) hinted he doesn't think Peoria can be Peoria without accurate representation.

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Rezin: Bill that would expand ability to sue 'will hurt small businesses and expose healthcare workers'

By Glenn Minnis | Mar 30, 2021

State Sen. Sue Rezin (R-Morris) fears what recently passed Senate Bill 72 could ultimately mean for many Illinois residents already struggling to hold on.

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Stoller: June 30 deadline 'would allow the majority party to draw the map'

By Glenn Minnis | Mar 23, 2021

State Rep. Win Stoller (R-Peoria) used a recent Senate Redistricting Committee hearing to hammer home his concerns about delayed census data and the impact he fears it could have.

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Illinois Rep. Kinzinger cites expense, non-COVID-19 items as reasons to reject $1.9 trillion relief bill

By Glenn Minnis | Mar 14, 2021

U.S. Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-Illinois) rejected the newly enacted $1.9 trillion federal stimulus relief plan faulting it for being "one of the largest expenditures" and with funding that is not tied to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Rezin believes families deserve more from Illinois' governor's $42 billion budget proposal

By Glenn Minnis | Feb 25, 2021

Sen. Sue Rezin (R-Morris) sighs residents deserve more from the $42 billion state budget Gov. J.B.

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Rezin has 'grave concerns' with education legislation being considered in Illinois

By Glenn Minnis | Feb 20, 2021

Sen. Sue Rezin (R-Elmhurst) admitted she's still seeking many of the same answers as her constituents in the growing school standards plan debate.

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Morris state senator critical of governor's decision she says 'prioritize legislators' for COVID-19 vaccine

By Glenn Minnis | Feb 18, 2021

Sen. Sue Rezin (R-Morris) fails to see the rationale in Gov. J.B. Pritzker's efforts to steer state lawmakers to the front of the COVID-19 vaccination line.

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Rezin warns Pritzker 'we must provide business community with support they need'

By Glenn Minnis | Jan 19, 2021

Veteran republican state Sen. Sue Rezin is imploring Gov. J.B.

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'We have to determine how this happened,' Rezin says about COVID outbreak at LaSalle Veterans' Home

By Glenn Minnis | Jan 13, 2021

State Rep. Sue Rezin (R-Morris) believed a recent hearing questioning a COVID-19 outbreak at the LaSalle Veterans’ Home that killed at least 33 veterans was just a first step in getting to the bottom of things.

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Rezin: When residents leave Illinois 'it drains our resources' and impacts 'state and local economies'

By Glenn Minnis | Jan 9, 2021

State Sen. Sue Rezin (R-Morris) lamented that Illinois had brought its fading popularity all on itself.