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Recent News About Illinois State Senate
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Wilcox on election victory: 'You’ve got to stand for something and you have to make sure people know that'
State Sen. Craig Wilcox will be among the Republican lawmakers in the Illinois Statehouse that will have their work cut out for them as Democrats maintained their strong majority in both chambers.
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McConchie seeking permanent tax cuts: 'What we need to do is have this on an ongoing basis'
Senator Dan McConchie highlighted on the Captial floor how his Republican colleagues are helping Illinois residents’ taxes through a new bill.
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DeWitte on lowering gas prices: 'Illinoisans need this type of relief and they needed right now'
Senator Don Dewitte joins the chorus of Illinois Republicans wanting to lower gas prices — AAA reported the average price at the pump is $4.99 in Illinois.
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DeWitte says opposition to pension bill 'is based on hearsay and fear-mongering'
Sen. Don DeWitte is standing against Senate Bill 3211.
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DeWitte: 'Senate Republicans will continue to push for real reform'
State Sen. Don DeWitte (R-St. Charles) recently said the time is now for cleaning up Springfield corruption.
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Wilcox: 'If we do nothing, motorists will continue paying outrageous prices at the pump'
Motorists’ bank accounts across the United States are feeling the strain from the record-breaking gas prices — Senator Craig Wilcox proposed a way to help them.
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Wilcox sounds alarm on missing unemployment payments, IDES silence
Senator Craig Wilcox is being vocal about people’s unemployment benefits going missing.
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Wilcox: Pritzker 'is unwilling to acknowledge that his actions represented an abuse of his authority'
Senator Craig Wilcox called out Governor J.B. Pritzker for his “abuse” of authority — pointing out Pritzker’s mask mandates.
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McConchie criticizes Pritzker's budget for providing only temporary relief to Illinoisans
Last month Gov. J.B. Pritzker proposed a budget for fiscal year 2023 amounting to $112.5 billion, with $45.5 billion in spending from the state’s general fund.
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Dewitte asks if reduced benefit program is hitting a balance
Sen. Don Dewitte (R-St. Charles) recently asked whether teachers were seeing any benefits from their retirement savings at the Senate Appropriations Personnel and Procurement Committee hearing on the Fiscal Year 2023 budget.
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Wilcox: Courts exposing Pritzker's abuse of authority on school mask mandates
State Sen. Craig Wilcox (R-McHenry) praised a Sangamon County court ruling that temporarily blocks Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s statewide COVID-19 mask, vaccine, testing, and quarantine mandates in more than 140 Illinois school districts.
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DeWitte: 'I’ve said all along that these decisions should be made locally'
State Sen. Don DeWitte (R-West Dundee) is championing a downstate judge’s decision that effectively prohibits a statewide mask requirement in schools.
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Wilcox: 'Illinois needs tax relief now'
State Sen. Craig Wilcox (R-McHenry) is skeptical of Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s upcoming budget address and the issue of raising taxes.
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Wilcox highlights Habitat for Humanity work in McHenry County
State Sen. Craig Wilcox (R-McHenry) wants to see veterans across Illinois get all they need and deserve.
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Wilcox supports legislation that would let Illinois citizen 'take back control of their democracy'
State Sen. Craig Wilcox (R-McHenry) supports legislation that he says would give Illinoisans a more active role in the democratic process.
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Nearly 300 new laws go into effect in Illinois starting Jan. 1
There are nearly 300 new laws taking effect on Jan. 1 in Illinois, ranging from raising the minimum wage to allowing students to take mental health days.
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Wilcox proud of local veterans representing McHenry at 100th anniversary of the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier
Sen. Craig Wilcox (R-McHenry) took to Facebook to express his pride over a group of McHenry veterans who represented the region's veterans at the centennial ceremony of The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier.
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DeWitte on anti-cime efforts: 'The Democrats' approach is not working'
State Sen. Don DeWitte (R-West Dundee) is demanding action on the violent-crime bills filed by Republican lawmakers with the goal of curbing the state’s rising violent crime rate.
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McConchie says Democrats are 'unwilling to discuss solutions' to rising crime rate
Republican state Sen. Dan McConchie (R-Lake Zurich) is pushing to put the state of Illinois’ rising crime problem on center stage.
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McConchie: Pritzker 'is more concerned with protecting the political elite than the people of Illinois'
State Sen. Dan McConchie (R-Hawthorn Woods) argues Gov. J.B. Pritzker is becoming memorable for all the wrong reasons.