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Recent News About Illinois State Senate
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DeWitte calls Pritzker's budget a fiasco
State Sen. Don DeWitte (R-St. Charles) said Gov. Pritzker’s budget “fiasco” is disappointing.
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McConchie pleased COVID-19 vaccine available to immunocompromised
Illinois Senate Republican Leader Dan McConchie (R-Hawthorn Woods) said he is happy to learn about the expanded access to the COVID-19 vaccine which allows anyone in Illinois with an underlying health condition, regardless of age, to be eligible to get vaccinated.
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McConchie seeks to empower Illinoisans through resolutions
“In a state where we’ve had routine corruption,” it is vital that voters should be able to feel empowered and have the ability to make substantial revisions to their constitutions, State Sen. Dan McConchie said in his recent General Assembly speech.
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Wilcox urges Pritzker to veto police reform bill, calls it radical
Sen. Craig Wilcox (R-McHenry) asked Gov. J.B. Pritzker to veto a police reform bill he said is radical.
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Letter to Editor: Vote “No” to Jobs-Destroying Progressive Tax Amendment
Letter to Editor: Vote “No” to Jobs-Destroying Progressive Tax Amendment
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From Lake County Gazette
Wilcox wants automatic pay raises for lawmakers stopped
Illinois state Sen. Craig Wilcox (R-McHenry) continues to push the bill he long ago filed for eliminating automatic cost-of-living pay raises for state lawmakers.
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From Lake County Gazette
Wilcox: 'People are making their own decisions in terms of how long they will comply' with restrictions
In the eyes of veteran state Sen. Craig Wilcox (R-McHenry), the people of Illinois have simply grown tired of feeling victimized.
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From Lake County Gazette
Sen. Wilcox: 'Average resident is in dire straits,' yet Pritzker still plans on asking voters about tax increase
State Sen. Craig Wilcox (R-McHenry) thinks voters need to think long and hard about what kind of state they want going forward.
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From Prairie State Wire
Republican lawmakers disappointed in governor's budget proposal
Illinois Republicans were disappointed after hearing Gov. J.B. Pritzker's budget proposal last week
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From Lake County Gazette
McConchie questions inspector generals during senate hearing
State Sen. Dan McConchie (R-Hawthorn Woods) questioned several executive inspector generals regarding state employees that are considered a threat to others during last week's Senate House Joint Commission on Ethics and Lobbying Reform hearing.
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Sen. Wilcox not sold on Madigan's claim of ignorance about associate's 2012 email
State Sen. Craig Wilcox (R-McHenry) struggles to understand how Illinois House Speaker Mike Madigan can use the same defense every time he is implicated in a new scandal.
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Backward logic hurts state's efforts toward taxpayer relief, Sen. Wilcox claims
Illinois state Sen. Craig Wilcox (R-McHenry) dreams of the day when there is just one direction coming in and going out of Springfield.
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Illinois jobs are up, but Wilcox wonders if the trend is sustainable
State Sen. Craig Wilcox (R-McHenry) is hoping against hope that a recent trend that saw unemployment fall across the state while the number of jobs added increased will prove to be lasting development.
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From Kane County Reporter
McConchie says bill creating sexual assault evidence tracking system 'first step in providing transparency'
State Sen. Dan McConchie (R-Hawthorn Woods) is hoping Senate Bill 1411 will give some of the power back to sexual assault victims.
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Wheeler: Oberweis is 'strong conservative,' 'represents the ideas of the 14th District'
Settling on state Sen. Jim Oberweis (R-Sugar Grove) as the best candidate to represent the people of the 14th District in the U.S. Congress almost comes as a no-brainer to McHenry County Republican Vice Chairman Chuck Wheeler.
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From Prairie State Wire
Sen. Oberweis opposes gambling expansion bill
The Illinois Senate passed a bill on June 2 that supports a vertical capital bill and expands the state's gambling access.
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From Kane County Reporter
Rep. Skillicorn speaks out against tax proposals
Republican state Rep. Allen Skillicorn (East Dundee) is speaking out against legislation now being proposed that would drastically raise everything from the state’s gas tax to the fee charged for driver’s licenses.
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McConchie supports potentially $300 million taxpayer-funded bailout for College Illinois
Republican state Sen. Dan McConchie (R-Hawthorn Woods) says his vote in favor of state government assuming responsibility for what could be as much as $300 million in unpaid tuition debt comes with a major caveat.
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From Prairie State Wire
Legislature overrides some Rauner vetoes, fails on others
Illinois's outgoing Republican governor saw a few of his vetoes overridden during the Fall Veto Session in Springfield and a few new laws have been passed, a QUAD city area lawmaker said in a summary recap released last week.
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From Prairie State Wire
Senate removes bill that would extend water ownership legislation
A Senate bill that would have changed the sunset date on previous legislation involving the privatization of public water systems was removed from the record Nov. 15.