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Rep. Hammond votes to allow noncitizens to become Illinois police officers
Rep. Norine Hammond (R-Macomb) voted to give noncitizens a path to become Illinois police officers, siding with a majority of state lawmakers in a recent action that one Republican senator called “a fundamentally bad idea.”
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Hammond: ‘We have attempted numerous meetings with the House Democratic budgeteer’
State Rep. Norine Hammond (R-Macomb) said the GOP is being left out of the budgeting process.
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Rep. Davidsmeyer opposed removing protections for COVID-19 vaccine foes
Rep. C.D. Davidsmeyer (R-Jacksonville) voted against legislation that would remove legal protections now available to opponents of COVID-19 vaccine mandates through Illinois’ Health Care Right of Conscience Act.
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Tracy: 'Partisan map-making behind locked doors' is the opposite of redistricting transparency
Illinois House Speaker Emanuel Chris Welch (D-Westchester) showed members of the house one-by-one where their lines for new districts could be drawn behind the locked doors of Capitol Complex, leaving many to debate if this is the transparency Illinois needs in the state.
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Illinois congressman joins GOP chorus against lawmakers ‘picking their districts’ during redistricting
An Illinois Republican congressman is joining GOP legislators' calls to strip the redistricting process for politicians in favor of a group of citizens.
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'For the People Act' means fewer freedoms for residents, more money for politicians, says Rep. Rodney Davis
Springfield lawmakers remain at stark odds over best ways to insure fair and just federal elections going forward.
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Illinois GOP lawmakers again call for Madigan's resignation for failure in 'leadership'
Republican members of the Illinois House are again calling on Democratic Speaker Michael Madigan (D-Dist. 22) to resign.
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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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Rep. Hammond renews call for fair maps, supports petition to end gerrymandering
A Republican Illinois House representative from the 93rd District earlier this week renewed her call for fair maps and pushed support for an independent map-drawing petition following a U.S. Supreme Court decision not to hear gerrymander cases.
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From Metro East Sun
Davidsmeyer says new tax structure would raise taxes, cause residents to leave
House Rep. C.D. Davidsmeyer (R-Jacksonville) said the graduated income tax will cause Illinois to lose even more residents than it already has.
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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 Peoria Standard
Norine Hammond wins 93rd House District race
Republican Norine Hammond has been declared the winner in the 93rd House District against Democrat John Curtis.
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From Galesburg Reporter
Randy Frese wins 94th House District race
Republican Randy Frese has been declared the winner in the 94th House District against Democrat Richard Cramsey.
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Avery Bourne wins 95th House District race
Republican Avery Bourne has been declared the winner in the 95th House District against Democrat Dillon Clark.
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From Prairie State Wire
2018 election night preview: More competitive races now in play than in 2014
Unlike the dynamic four years ago, a majority of the Illinois House races – 56 percent – will be competitive contests pitting major party candidates during the Nov. 6 midterm election.
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From Prairie State Wire
State House election preview: Candidates square off in 66 of 118 midterm races
The number of Illinois House races being contested by major-party candidates on Nov. 6 is up 13.6 percent over the last midterm election in 2014, according to a Prairie State Wire analysis.
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From Prairie State Wire
House passes $63 million bill for state employee back pay without a revenue estimate
Why would a Democrat appropriate for $63 million in this fiscal budget when there still isn’t a revenue estimate? That was the question some Republican lawmakers asked Rep. Jerry Costello (D-Smithton) at the Thursday House floor debate when he backed HB4290, which pays the oldest Prairie State bill.
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From Prairie State Wire
Serious questions about skirting federal law fails to derail Excellence Fund legislation in House
HB4237, sponsored by Rep. Jonathan Carroll (D-Northbrook) to alter the Illinois Excellence Fund, would seemingly undermine the $10,000 cap on state and local tax (SALT) deductions placed on charitable contributions by the federal government and hamper private scholarship funding donations, according to some GOP lawmakers.
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McCann calls for public health director's resignation during hearing on Quincy Legionnaires' outbreak
Sen. William "Sam" McCann (R-Plainview) called for the resignation of Illinois Department of Public Health Director Nirav Shah earlier this week during a Senate-House Veterans Affairs Committee hearing regarding the Legionnaires disease outbreak at the Quincy Veterans Home.