This column is the second installment of a three-part report looking back on some of the high-profile issues addressed by the Illinois General Assembly during the spring legislative session, plus notes on the Identity Theft Seminar in Marengo.

Republicans depend most on men to show up at the polls in McHenry Township Precinct 5 in Illinois.

Veteran Illinois state Rep. David McSweeney (R-Barrington) is ready to put his money where his mouth is in expressing his contempt for efforts to repeal the state’s parental notification abortion law.

Illinois state Rep. Dan Ugaste (R-Geneva) thinks this could just be the beginning of the end for Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s “fair tax” proposal.

Republicans depend most on women to show up at the polls in Algonquin Township Precinct 40, Dorr Township Precinct 13 and Dorr Township Precinct 13 in Illinois.

Freshman Illinois state Rep. Dan Ugaste (R-Geneva) laments the fact that the state’s new $40 billion spending plan does little to address any of the real issues that have long kept the cash-strapped Prairie State in the red.

This column is the first installment of a three-part report looking back on some of the high-profile issues addressed by the Illinois General Assembly during the spring legislative session, plus a recap of the legislative Town Hall in Crystal Lake and my recent tour of McHenry County gravel and sand mines.

The recently approved state budget hardly makes Illinois the beacon of fiscal prudence that Democratic Gov. J.B. Pritzker and legislative leaders claim it is, budgetary analysts at Wirepoints say.

Illinois' 6th Congressional District constituent Melissa Sanchez-Fisher feels that U.S. House Rep. Sean Casten (D-Downers Grove) should reconsider his priorities before speaking out again on the merits of a proposed pay raise for legislators such as himself.

Rep. Steve Reick Invites Public To Upcoming Community Events Hosted By His Office

Democrats depend most on women to show up at the polls in McHenry Township Precinct 32 in Illinois.

Republican state Rep. Dan Ugaste (Geneva) finds himself on the exact same page as all the frustrated taxpayers he’s spoken to since the state’s new $40 billion budget was announced last week.

The Illinois Senate passed a bill on June 2 that supports a vertical capital bill and expands the state's gambling access.

Republican state Rep. David McSweeney (Barrington Hills) leaves no doubt about where he stands on Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s new $40 billion state spending plan and all the other legislation that accompanies it.

Edgar County Watchdog Kirk Allen wonders if longtime state Sen. Bill Brady (R-Bloomington) has passed the point of no return.

Reick Reacts to Passage of Cannabis Legalization Bill

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Republican state Rep. Allen Skillicorn (East Dundee) was not about to go down without a fight with regard to Senate Bill 687.

Republican state Rep. Dan Ugaste (Geneva) laments that for every step forward the state’s new $40 billion spending plan takes, it remains stuck in neutral when it comes to aiding already overburdened taxpayers.

A bill passed the House on Tuesday that exempts college athletics coaches who are compensated by non-government funds from severance pay when they are dismissed for misconduct.