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Rep. Jacobs votes to allow noncitizens to become Illinois police officers
Rep. Paul Jacobs (R-Pomona) 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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Severin on recent events: 'I presented a Certificate of Congratulations to Tim Lee at Belle Rive Missionary Baptist Church'
Rep. Dave Severin recently shared his activities in his district in a Facebook post.
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Windhorst honors Pulaski, 'father of the American cavalry'
Rep. Patrick Windhorst took to Facebook to celebrate Polish-American nobleman Casimir Pulaski, who played a role during the American Revolution.
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'Local fire departments deserve to know the person applying': Windhorst supports legislation to prevent arsonists from becoming fire chiefs
House Rep. Patrick Windhorst expressed his support to regulate who can become a fire chief, as he worries that arsonists may join.
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Windhorst announces support for bill repealing SAFE-T Act: 'People of our state deserve safety'
Rep. Pat Windhorst (R-Metropolis) recently announced his support for House Bill 4499 which would abolish criminal justice provisions included in the Safety, Accountability, Fairness, and Equity-Today Act, or SAFE-T Act, according to a report by the State Journal-Register.
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Windhorst expects Census data to show population loss in his Illinois district
State Rep. Patrick Windhorst (R-Harrisburg) expects when official Census data is released later this year, it will show a loss in population in each county he represents.
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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 SE Illinois News
Windhorst questions executive inspector generals on ghost payrolling
Illinois House Rep. Patrick Windhorst (R-Metropolis) questioned several executive inspector generals regarding ghost payrolling during last week's Senate House Joint Commission on Ethics and Lobbying Reform hearing.
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From Southern Illinois News
'Bungled' task force process will not stop Rep. Windhorst from fighting for property tax reform
Despite the wasted efforts of a governor-appointed task force created to address the state's runaway property taxes, Illinois state Rep. Patrick Windhorst (R-Harrisburg) remains determined to find a solution.
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From West Central Reporter
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 SE Illinois News
Windhorst says 'we need to add taxpayers, not taxes' before graduated income tax structure
House Rep. Patrick Windhorst (R-Metropolis) said Illinois residents will continue to leave if the state changes to a graduated income tax structure.
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From SW Illinois News
Bryant says graduated income tax plan is 'job-killing, tax-hiking, progressive income tax'
House Rep. Terri Bryant (R-Murphysboro) rose in opposition to the graduated income tax plan during Monday's session.
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Tabled parental bullying legislation was over the top, Carbondale councilman says
Tabled legislation in the Illinois House that sought to label parental discipline of their children as "bullying" would have gone too far, a Carbondale city councilman said during a recent interview.
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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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Terri Bryant wins 115th House District race
Republican Terri Bryant has been declared the winner in the 115th House District against Democrat Marsha Griffin.
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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
16 GOP lawmakers argue against progressive income tax in Illinois
Sixteen Republican state representatives stood to oppose a progressive income tax.
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From Prairie State Wire
After heated debate and vote, D’Amico postpones drone bill for consideration
A heated debate over drones May 25 had the full attention of the House, with almost a dozen Republican lawmakers arguing the proposal.
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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.