Illinois State House Representatives
Recent News About Illinois State House Representatives
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State Rep. Steve Reick: 'According to IRS data, Illinois has lost a net 1.6 million people to out-migration since the year 2000'
State Representative Steven Reick has shared information regarding Illinois' population trends, stating in an October 23 Facebook post, "Yet, Democrats continue to lie about these numbers so they don't have to face the reality that their party's...
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Weber: 'The chair has refused to allow commonsense ethics bills to be debated or voted on'
Rep. Tom Weber (R-Fox Lake) said the Ethics and Elections Committee chair didn’t allow discussion or voting on ethics legislation.
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Reick on DCFS: 'This is a cycle and it doesn’t seem to end'
Rep. Steve Reick (R-Woodstock) and several other House Republicans want to hold the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS) accountable after several children’s deaths.
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McLaughlin: 'We need to change the policies that have driven gas and energy prices to sky high levels'
Rep. Martin McLaughlin (R-Lake Barrington) took to Facebook to call out Democrats’ efforts to switch from using fossil fuel to green energy.
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Ugaste: 'We're dealing with failed leadership across the board'
State Rep. Dan Ugaste (R-St. Charles) said Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s “complete fail” grade in a recent Brownstone Institute study assessing the effectiveness of his COVID-19 mitigations strikes him as completely well deserved.
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McLaughlin: Nomination 'completely unfair to the new LIG and those of us who still believe that laws matter'
State Rep. Martin McLaughlin (R-Barrington Hills) worries where things can go from here in the Legislative Inspector General’s (LIG) office.
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Ugaste: 'The SAFE-T Act has made Illinois a less-safe place to live'
State Rep. Dan Ugaste (R-Geneva) argues the SAFE-T Act has meant nothing but trouble for Illinois.
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Reick seeking clarification on budget projections
State Rep. Steve Reick (R-Woodstock) recently quizzed Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE) officials about funding for the next budget for early childhood education.
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Ugaste seeks details on state grant program
State Rep. Dan Ugaste (R-St. Charles) used a recent House Public Safety and Violence Prevention task force hearing on law enforcement to question a witness about how the state’s new Restore, Reinvest and Renew (R3) Program Grants are slated to be used.
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Weber seeks clarification in rescue equipment bill
State Rep. Tom Weber (R-Lake Villa) is leaving nothing to chance about how House Bill 4165 is designed to work.
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Ugaste urges input from law enforcement officials
State Rep. Dan Ugaste (R-Geneva) is pushing for a united front in the battle to keep streets safe.
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Ugaste calls for eradication of SAFE-T Act, 'Give law enforcement support and resources'
Rep. Dan Ugaste (R-Hampshire) recently called on lawmakers to put a halt on the SAFE-T Act.
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Reick: 'We must strengthen our ethics laws'
State Rep. Steve Reick (R-Woodstock) is calling for stronger ethics laws as they pertain to legislators following the departure of the former Legislative Inspector General Carol Pope.
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Ugaste blasts Pritzker's 'unconstitutional abuse of power by executive orders'
State Rep. Dan Ugaste (R-St. Charles) is calling on Democratic lawmakers in Springfield to do the job he argues they’ve been elected to do.
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Durkin introduces retail theft legislation: ‘We have to change course’
Rep. Jim Durkin (R-Western Springs) has created legislation to address retail theft for the state of Illinois.
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Ugaste brings attention to Democrats' deference to Pritzker
State Rep. Dan Ugaste (R-St. Charles) took to Facebook to draw attention to a KPVI story on how Democratic lawmakers have gone along with Gov. J.B. Pritzker's pandemic response.
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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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McLaughlin: Census numbers 'confirm that the Democrats’ redistricting plan violates the U.S. Constitution'
Republican state Rep. Martin McLaughlin of Barrington says the Democrats in Springfield acted unlawfully when drawing up maps for redistricting.
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Reick: 'Knee-jerk voting is not what our people, what our constituents send us here to do'
Prior to gaining favorable votes at the House floor, the Democrat-proposed redistricting maps received opposition from Illinois State Representative Steve Reick (R-Woodstock).
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Reick: 'Wait for the bill to come over from the Senate, don't pass this bill'
It’s a thumbs down from state Rep. Steve Reick (R-Woodstock) on HB 1091, a bill requiring FOID card applicants to provide an electronic copy of their fingerprints to the Illinois State Police.