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Illinois State House District 73 candidate: 'The Fiscal Year 2025 budget is a whopping $2.6 billion more than last year’s enacted budget and includes pay raises for politicians and a staggering $1...
Illinois State House District 73 candidate Ryan Spain expressed concerns over the Fiscal Year 2025 budget, stating, "The Fiscal Year 2025 budget is a whopping $2.6 billion more than last year’s enacted budget and includes pay raises for politicians and a staggering $1 billion for non-citizens." Spain, who is running for re-election, added, "Moreover, Democrats voted for $1 billion in tax hikes to pay for their record-breaking spending."
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Spain: 'House Republicans are committed to reforming the estate law in Illinois'
Illinois State Rep. Ryan Spain (R-Peoria) discussed House Republicans' proposals to repeal the estate tax law or bring it into line with federal law in a July 1 update on his website.
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Haas: 'The realities of Illinois affect our families on a daily basis'
Rep. Jackie Haas (R-Kankakee) on Tuesday joined fellow Republican House members in unveiling an ambitious agenda. The lawmakers introduced five groups, each assigned a specific goal.
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Weaver: 'Disciplined spending is the first building block to a successful Illinois'
Illinois State Rep. Travis Weaver (R-Edwards) joined House Republican Leader Tony McCombie (R-Savanna) and Deputy Leader Norine Hammond (R-Macomb) to push for tax budget reforms in the Prairie State.
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Rezin: 'Illinois families do not want more taxes that they can't afford'
Sue Rezin, State Sen. of Illinois State Senate, Illinois General Assembly said on Jan 25th.
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Rezin: 'We need stronger and more specific laws and penalties for people poisoning unsuspecting victims with their fake pills'
Senator Sue Rezin of the Illinois General Assembly said on Nov 15th regarding fentanyl deaths in Illinois.
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Demmer on House Resolution 753: 'Enough is enough'
Rep. Tom Demmer said he stands with the majority of Illinois.
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Swanson: “Gas prices continue to rise, and Illinois families, farmers and businesses are feeling major pain”
Rep. Dan Swanson demands solutions to the ever-rising gas prices.
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Stewart: 'Sign up for Senator Stewart’s Summer Reading Club by July 31'
In a March 12 Facebook post, Sen. Brian W. Stewart confirmed the start of his 2022 Summer Reading Club and encouraged young people to sign up for the summer reading club by July 31.
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Spain on ethics reform: 'We saw Democrats taking a different approach and focusing on any other issue possible'
Rep. Ryan Spain (R-Peoria) recently spoke out against the fiscal year 2022-23 state budget.
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Demmer: 'The budget the Democrats passed this year sets Illinoisans up for a series of tax increases'
Rep. Tom Demmer (R-Dixon) spoke out against the recently passed state budget at a May 12 press conference in the capitol.
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Welter: 'Gov. Pritzker promised accountability to families'
Rep. David Welter has raised concerns about how the COVID-19 pandemic impacted an Illinois veteran’s home.
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Rezin: 'Our veterans deserve more than failed leadership, shifting blame to others'
Sen. Sue Rezin raised concerns about how Gov. J.B. Pritzker managed the state at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic that hit a veteran’s home hard.
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Spain on campaign finance bill: 'Now here you are making further changes to rig the rules of the game'
Rep. Ryan Spain (R-Peoria) said a campaign finance bill that puts limits on 'dark money' will only "rig the rules" and make it easier for the Democrats in the next election.
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Demmer on budget: 'The only thing you'll know how to do is go back and raise taxes yet again'
Republicans took shots at Gov. J.B. Pritzker as he signed the budget for Fiscal Year 2023. Rep. Tom Demmer (R-Dixon) thinks that we are probably spending faster than we are earning revenues.
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Swanson on bill classifying dispatchers as first responders: 'These are essential workers'
State Rep. Dan Swanson (R-Alpha) spoke in support of new legislation that would classify emergency medical dispatchers as first responders.
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Rezin on tax breaks in budget: 'Nothing is going to change'
Sen. Sue Rezin (R-Morris) is not happy with the temporary tax relief in the budget and believes that this is only delaying the ‘speed bump’ of a tax hike until after the election.
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Stoller: 'Kicking the can down the road' won't solve tax problems
Sen. Win Stoller was vocal about how a temporary tax relief package is only delaying action, and it is not going to help in this situation.
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Stoller co-sponsors Illinois bill to criminalize selling guns to felons
An Illinois state senator is championing a co-sponsored bill that that would criminalize selling guns to felons.
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So about that Census: Illinois GOP leaders reassert suspicions toward Democrat-drawn political maps that 'violate the U.S. Constitution'
State Republican leaders say that U.S. Census figures issued earlier this month confirmed what they’ve always thought about new political maps drawn by their Democratic counterparts: they’re “unusable and unlawful.”