Allen Skillicorn, the Republican contender for state representative in House District 66, recently said he wants a message delivered to House Speaker Mike Madigan: Please tell him that he’s fired.

Ill at ease over Illinois’ business profile, District 66 Republican House candidate Allen Skillicorn recently related how doing business in Illinois simply became too expensive for one family's business, forcing it out of state.

After a senior citizen’s letter to the editor questioning the qualifications of Democrat candidate Jim Harrison in the McHenry County state's attorney's race was printed in the Crystal Lake-based Northwest Herald on May 13, Harrison filed suit attacking her right to free speech. 

Allen Skillicorn, the Republican candidate for state representative in House District 66, spoke out recently regarding the urgency of creating a balanced budget, citing Illinois’ own laws as the bottom line.

U.S. Rep. Randy Hultgren (R-IL) urged accountability and advocated strongly for fairness and safety at a congressional hearing last week to review the FAA’s hiring practices.

Allen Skillicorn, the Republican candidate for state representative from House District 66, which includes Algonquin, recently upbraided Democrat House Speaker Mike Madigan of Chicago for his assertive resistance to the approved Independent Map Amendment ballot item regarding Illinois’ legislative district boundaries.

Campaigning in Illinois just got tougher with a recent credit rating downgrade, but Republican candidate Allen Skillicorn is ready to meet the challenge head-on, lambasting the state’s current fiscal status and demanding reform in Springfield.

When he isn't campaigning to represent District 66 in the state House or serving as a trustee for East Dundee, Allen Skillicorn is racing cars as a two-time National Auto Sport Association champion while also helping to find families for homeless pets.

Allen Skillicorn, the Republican candidate in Illinois House District 66, which covers Algonquin, recently criticized two controversial bills that would permit individuals who are not U.S. citizens to enjoy a wide variety of benefits at state public universities.

Observing a shift in the statewide political panorama, Steve Reick — Republican candidate for Illinois House representative from District 63 — recently acknowledged that would-be opponent Jack Franks’ bypassing the race opens up new possibilities for victory.

Allen Skillicorn, the Republican candidate in Illinois House District 66, recently reached out to Illinois constituents via a post on Facebook deploring state legislators’ "bailout" package for Chicago’s public school system.

Dubbing a two-fold legislative tax proposal set forth by Illinois State Senate leaders as “an outrageous over-reach,” Republican House candidate Allen Skillicorn strongly countered the bills as ill conceived and ineffective recently.

In a signed, sealed and certified letter to Chicago Public Schools and the city's board of education, Illinois’ State Board of Education yesterday addressed the jurisdiction’s nearly year-old “financial watch status” with a formal declaration of investigation.

Republican candidate Allen Skillicorn, running for Illinois’ 66th State House district, supported teacher Rebecca Friedrichs's union-related fight for fundamental free speech — a case that is now before the U.S. Supreme Court — today from East Dundee.

The village of Lakewood will hold its board meeting at 7 p.m. Tuesday at the RedTail Golf Club, 7900 RedTail Drive.The agenda for the meeting includes an ordinance authorizing the village to borrow funds from the Public Water Supply program.

The Village of Lake in the Hills' board of trustees will hold its monthly public meeting at 7:30 p.m. today.