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Recent News About Illinois General Assembly
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Niemerg: 'The Battle of Gettysburg is considered the most important engagement of the American Civil War'
Rep. Adam Niemerg (R-Teutopolis) commemorated the 160th anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg, in a July 3 Facebook post.
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Marron: ‘The amount of money that the Democrats understated fairly significantly is going to undocumented immigrants’
State Rep. Mike Marron (R-Fithian) is questioning the $550 million appropriated in the budget for healthcare for undocumented immigrants in the state.
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Halbrook: ‘The majority party has basically 2 to 1 margins over us and I think they're deciding what's for lunch’
State Rep. Brad Halbrook (R-Shelbyville) said the General Assembly Democrats are mismanaging the state in the wake of missing the May 19 budget deadline.
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Bunting: 'Southern Illinois judge temporarily blocks assault weapons ban'
In a May 1 Facebook post, Rep. Jason Bunting shared the decision of a Southern Illinois judge regarding the automatic weapons ban.
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Legislator Bunting: 'New Illinois law brings big changes for Cottage Food businesses'
State Rep. Jason Bunting (R-Dwight) is calling attention to changes in the cottage food industry in Illinois.
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Bunting: 'For too long Illinois has passed budgets that appear balanced, but turn out to be anything but'
Rep. Jason Bunting (R-Springfield) said on his official website that he is cosponsoring a balanced-budget amendment to the Illinois Constitution.
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Bunting honors Prairie Central Chapter of FFA
Rep. Jason Bunting (R-Springfield) took to Facebook to pay tribute to the recent achievements of Prairie Central's chapter of Future Farmers of America (FFA), which has taken a step closer to competing in an international competition.
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Caulkins: Bill ensures 'the patient is notified in a timely manner anytime their medical records are changed in a substantial way'
Rep. Dan Caulkins (R-Decatur) has introduced legislation to ensure medical record transparency for the patient.
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Marron: 'The taxpaying citizens that we represent deserve a clean government that they can trust'
Michael T. Marron, House Rep. of Illinois House of Representatives, Illinois House of Representatives said on Nov 1st.
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Marron: 'The taxpaying citizens that we represent deserve a clean government that they can trust'
Representative Michael Marron said on Nov. 1 his thoughts about Former Illinois House Speaker Mike Madigan.
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Bennett visits construction sites of 'wetlands that will help improve the quality of water'
Representative Thomas Bennett visited construction sites near a Dwight, Ill., farm as the November general election is on its way.
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Bennett on meeting with retired congressman: 'Great discussion around farmland assessment'
Representative Thomas Bennett met with retired Congressperson Thomas Ewing to discuss Illinois farmlands.
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Halbrook: 'Central and Southern Illinoisans are facing hundreds of dollars in higher energy costs'
In a May 27 news release, Rep. Brad Halbrook (R-Shelbyville) called on Gov. Pritzker to reverse energy policies that he says will hurt Illinois residents.
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Halbrook draws attention to report predicting demand will tax energy sources
The Federalist reports that renewable energies could be unreliable because of droughts and smoke from wildfires.
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IDES under fire: Bennett calls agency out for losing '$1.2 million in taxpayer money to fraudsters'
Representative Thomas Bennett added his disappointment towards the Illinois Department of Employment Security’s mishandled funds.
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Halbrook: 'The process to transition to alternative energy has failed dramatically in the state of Illinois'
Rep. Halbrook questions whether Illinois has a plan to ensure there are no more blackouts.
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Caulkins: 'We've got a serious problem. Let's get busy fixing it'
Rep. Dan Caulkins pleads with the Pritzker administration to lift restrictions on electric generators because electricity is going to be a huge problem this summer.
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Bennett: 'This new law will help our local manufacturers and promote economic growth in our communities'
Bennett promotes a new that will support local manufacturers of Illinois
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Rose: Purpose of audit is 'to make things better'
An audit by the office of the Illinois Auditor General found several compliance and documentation errors by Northern Illinois University (NIU), it cited a repeated lack of oversight in some of its procedures.
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Caulkins: 'We still have not addressed ethics reform'
Rep. Dan Caulkins (R-Decatur) used the last day of the legislative session to lament that no serious attempt was made at ethics reform.