Illinois State Senate
Recent News About Illinois State Senate
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Wilcox: 'What we have here is the largest utility hike in history'
State Sen. Craig Wilcox (R-McHenry) sees only trouble in the state’s new clean energy bill.
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DeWitte on energy bill: 'Every ratepayer in Illinois will absorb this increase'
State Sen. Don DeWitte (R-St. Charles) laments every Illinois resident is being forced to pay the price for Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s handling of the state’s energy industry.
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McConchie honors troops: 'Thank you for making the world a better place'
Senate Republican leader and former Army National Guardsman Dan McConchie (R-Hawthorn Woods) was among GOP members who recently gathered in the Capitol to mark the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan and to dedicate a memorial to all the soldiers, airmen, sailors and Marines who gave their lives in the quest to create a better world and country.
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Wilcox on redistricting: 'The process is a joke and the majority party knows it'
Veteran state Sen. Craig Wilcox (R-McHenry) recently posted a list of grievances against the Democrats' redistricting legislation.
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Wilcox supports local control for masks in schools
Republican state Sen. Craig Wilcox is urging voters across the state to join him in taking a stand against Gov. J.B.
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Impending departure of watchdog 'indicative of how hollow the ethics legislation is,' Sen. Wilcox says
Illinois state lawmakers will have to find another watchdog to police them after Legislative Inspector General Carol Pope announced last month that she is leaving, but it hardly matters, Sen. Craig Wilcox (R-McHenry) told the McHenry Times.
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Three Senate Republicans say Democrats’ FY2022 budget is a result of 'sloppy process'
Three Senate Republicans — all representing a portion of McHenry County, hosted a joint end-of-session town hall meeting at Crystal Lake City Hall on Tuesday. They presented various issues and measures including discussions on the FY2022 budget.
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McConchie: 'Ethics should not be a partisan issue, plain and simple'
Sen. Dan McConchie (R-Lake Zurich) is encouraging Democrats to help in ethics reform to help combat corruption in the state.
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Wilcox: 'When rebuilding after a disaster, the last thing people need to worry about is permit and inspection fees'
Municipalities will have the ability to waive permit and inspection fees for repairs and rebuilds that are due to disasters, after Gov. J.B. Pritzker signed House Bill 1932 on June 25.
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DeWitte on lack of energy bill: 'The political infighting within the majority party is very telling'
The Illinois Senate ended its recent session without taking action on a green-energy proposal.
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McConchie: Bill would 'help push disability rights forward in our state'
Veteran Illinois lawmaker Sen. Dan McConchie (R-Hawthorn Woods) is pushing the passage of House Bill 3359, a bill that would ease the transition of disabled students from high school to college, as simply the right thing to do.
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McConchie: 'The days of us waiting quietly at the door for the chance of scraps at the table are over'
Senate Republican Leader Dan McConchie (R-Hawthorn Woods) gave an end-of-session update during a news conference listing the accomplishments and disappointments of his caucus.
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DeWitte on budget: 'Bad process gives us bad results'
State Sen. Donald DeWitte (R-St. Charles) joined several of his Senate Republican colleagues at a Capitol press conference on June 1 to present an end-of-session update in which he tackled the fiscal year 2022 budget.
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McConchie: 'The majority’s version of bipartisanship is the majority doing whatever it wants'
State Sen. Dan McConchie (R-Hawthorn Woods) argues the new state budget, even at 3,088 pages, was crafted with the needs and concerns of millions of residents being mere afterthoughts.
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McConchie: 'This is a blatant effort to kill democracy in Illinois and it will not go unanswered'
Republican state Rep. Dan McConchie (R-Hawthorn Woods) doesn’t see how voters can put much stock in anything Gov. J.B. Pritzker says moving forward.
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DeWitte, chamber celebrate Diane DeWitte's birthday
After more than 35 years of marriage, Republican state Sen. Don DeWitte (R-West Dundee) felt compelled to go the extra mile in recently celebrating his wife’s birthday.
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DeWitte: 'The governor does not need to eliminate job creation programs'
Republican state Sen. Don DeWitte (R-West Dundee) wishes Gov. J.B. Pritzker was truly more a man of his word when it comes to helping families and communities get ahead.
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McConchie on Invest in Kids program: 'We cannot pass school funding reform unless we provide real choice for kids'
Veteran state Sen. Dan McConchie (R-Lake Zurich) is crisscrossing the state in a campaign aimed at eliminating the sunset of the Invest in Kids Program.
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DeWitte: Springfield ignoring important issues, instead focusing on 'egregious' legislation
With another legislative session drawing to a close, state Sen. Don DeWitte provided updates on legislation currently moving through Springfield, and how he feels that the Democratic majority's priority compass may be broken.
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DeWitte calls on Pritzker to be an 'honest broker' for Illinoisans
Illinois Republicans are frustrated that the Democratic majority's budget proposal claims a $1.3 billion shortage in the state's revenue for the upcoming fiscal year.