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Reick on FOID bill: 'Don’t go sending innocent, law-abiding gun owners halfway across the county to get a fingerprint'
State Rep. Steve Reick (R-Woodstock) is opposed to a proposed fingerprint requirement on FOID cards as a way of curbing gun violence across the state.
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McConchie: 'Pritzker needs to honor his promise and veto this map'
Republican frustration continues now that Democrats have passed a draft of the new legislative districts, a task which must be done every 10 years following the release of U.S. Census data.
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McConchie urges Democrats to support ethics reform: Corruption in Illinois is 'unAmerican, unfair and fundamentally wrong'
The Illinois legislature is no stranger to ethics issues.
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Ugaste: 'The biggest problem this state faces that all voters tell us ... property taxes'
Echoing the sentiments of his fellow Republicans that other Illinois lawmakers are not prioritizing important bills, state Rep. Dan Ugaste (R-Geneva) called for an urgent response to the rising property tax in the state.
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McConchie: 'It's really important for us to honor our fallen police officers'
Rep. Dan McConchie (R-Lake Zurich) was one of the many lawmakers, police and community members May 6 who attended the annual memorial service to honor fallen law enforcement officers.
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Reick condemns use of ACS data for redistricting: ACS 'never meant to determine how many voters lived in a particular district'
The deadline is approaching for new legislative districts to be finalized for Illinois. The process happens once a decade, is normally done by the majority party and typically uses fresh U.S. Census data.
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Reick says amending School Visitation Rights Act is 'making a problem where one does not exist'
Rep. Steve Reick (R-Woodstock) strongly objects to Rep. Anne Stava-Murray’s (D-Downers Grove) House Bill 2622 which amends the School Visitation Rights Act. The bill would hold employers liable in a civil action if they terminate employees for absences to attend school conferences.
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Reick: Firearms bill has support of both sides of debate
Rep. Steven Reick (R-Woodstock) did not agree with Rep. Denyse Stoneback’s (D-Skokie) proposal to widen the class of petitioners that can file for firearm restraining orders.
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Butler pushes back on Zahorik's testimony: 'It's the people's power'
It was a back-and-forth April 9 House Redistricting Committee hearing in McHenry County between Rep. Tim Butler (R-Springfield) and Village of Oakwood Hills Trustee Kristina Zahorik.
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McConchie: 'Every Illinoisan deserves to be represented in our democracy'
State Sen. Republican Leader Dan McConchie (R-Hawthorn Woods) is pressing for the welfare of residents to be put first in the bubbling debate over map redistricting.
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Glover: Align by municipality wherever feasible
Crystal Lake resident Gregory Glover spoke at the April 9 House Redistricting Committee hearing in McHenry County and recommended keeping municipalities intact when redrawing congressional maps.
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Reick: We shouldn't change how we count voters 'simply because it’s inconvenient'
Veteran state Rep. Steve Reick (R-Woodstock) doesn’t mince words about what he thinks needs to come next in the map redistricting debate.
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Releasing balloons might bring $500 penalty
State Rep. Dan Ugaste (R-Geneva) sought a clarification on House Bill 418 filed by State Rep. Sam Yingling (D-Round Lake Beach).
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Reick: School districts should not be liable for youth suicides
Rep. Steve Reick voted against HB0577 which would make changes to provisions regarding youth suidice awareness and prevention.
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Rep. Ugaste: We just can't keep taxing our residents
In light of recent comments that were made by Illinois House Speaker Chris Welch, Rep. Dan Ugaste, a Republican from Geneva, is making it clear where he stands on the issue of a graduated income tax.
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House GOP objects to Welch's graduated income tax proposal
Illinois' House Republicans formally expressed their objection to reviving a discussion or consideration of a progressive income tax which was proposed by Illinois House Speaker Chris Welch.
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Ugaste: Let's work on a bipartisan budget
State Rep. Dan Ugaste (R-Geneva) looks forward to working on a bipartisan budget to improve Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s budget, which he said is again violating the Illinois Constitution.
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Ugaste: Achieving criminal justice reform and ensuring the best public safety for all Illinoisans is essential
State Rep. Dan Ugaste (R-Geneva) says the new police reform bill is worrisome and he wants Gov. J.B. Pritzker to veto it.
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Op-Ed: 'Culturally Responsive Teaching' – putting activism before learning
Writing in Education Week last February, Bettina Love, professor at the University of Georgia and co-founder of the Abolitionist Teaching Network, declared that “Anti-racist teaching is not a teaching approach or method, it is a way of life.” That thinking has landed here in Illinois.
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Reick blasts speaker's decision to cancel legislature's fall Veto Session
State Rep. Steve Reick believes politics rather than COVID-19 prompted the cancellation of the fall Veto Session of the Illinois legislature.