State Rep. Dan Caulkins (R-Ill.)
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Recent News About State Rep. Dan Caulkins (R-Ill.)
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State Rep. Caulkins says state should help people get back to work, not subsidize them for not working
Newly-elected Illinois state Rep. Dan Caulkins (R-Decatur) didn’t need to go to Springfield to deduce the state has lost its way.
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State Rep. Dan Caulkins says it's critical that Illinois begin pension reforms
Illinois state Rep. Dan Caulkins (R-Decatur) fumes about how little the state seems willing to do to erase or at least retool its crippling pension debt system.
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Rep. Dan Caulkins blames incidents like Cullerton's indictment for exodus of people from Illinois
Illinois state Rep. Dan Caulkins (R-Decatur) sees state Sen. Thomas Cullerton’s federal indictment on corruption charges as just another black-eye for the face of Illinois politics.
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From Macon Reporter
Rep. Caulkins hosts Open Government event
Illinois state Rep. Dan Caulkins (R-Decatur) recently hosted an Open Government Night with U.S. Rep Rodney Davis at Richland Community College in Decatur.
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Rep. Caulkins questions motivation behind Democratic support for two new immigration laws
Illinois state Rep. Dan Caulkins (R-Decatur) offers an analogy to describe Democrats' relentless opposition to President Donald Trump's administration on the issue of immigration.
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'Springfield can't get out of its own way,' laments Rep. Caulkins on Illinois' property tax crisis
Illinois state Rep. Dan Caulkins (R-Decatur) fumes about the way the state legislature in Springfield has become the enemy in the eyes of people it is supposed to serve.
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Illinois Policy Institute raises questions about 'pork-barrel projects' in state budget
Illinois state Rep. Dan Caulkins (R-Decatur) was not the least bit surprised to learn that Illinois Policy Institute (IPI) is reporting that $45 billion from the new state budget set aside for Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s Rebuild Illinois capital spending plan includes up to as much as $1.25 billion in pork-barrel projects requiring localized spending that could be construed as political payback or special treatment for an elite few.
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Only option left for residents, Rep. Caulkins says, is 'to reject politicians who vote to raise taxes'
As taxpayers' complaints grow louder about the $2.1 billion in added levies and fees that took effect across the state on July 1, Illinois state Rep. Dan Caulkins (R-Decatur) warns that the worse may still be yet to come.
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Taxes are driving millennials out of Illinois, and Rep. Caulkins predicts retirees are next in line
Illinois state Rep. Dan Caulkins (R-Decatur) argues that a new Smart Asset survey that found successful millennials are fleeing Illinois at the second-fastest rate in the U.S. tells us nothing a savvy observer shouldn't already have known.
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'People are catching on,' Rep. Caulkins says, that Democrats 'don't care about working people'
Illinois state Rep. Dan Caulkins (R-Decatur) views the Democratic support in Springfield for Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s progressive tax system as an indictment of the entire party.
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'Propaganda' about balanced budget distracts from state's 'financial crisis,' Rep. Caulkins says
None of the reports about the new state budget again being woefully unbalanced come as any great surprise to Illinois state Rep. Dan Caulkins (R-Decatur).
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Rep. Caulkins turns 'magical thinking' into something real; will donate new salary after raise
Republican state Rep. Dan Caulkins (Decatur) has had enough of the “magical thinking” he believes is responsible for Springfield’s dysfunction, the latest case in point being the automatic pay raises lawmakers just received as part of the new state budget.
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Budget 'win' for Democratic leaders comes at a huge cost to rest of Illinois, Rep. Caulkins says
As profoundly as the math misses the mark in the new state spending plan, Republican state Rep. Dan Caulkins (Decatur) sees the logic behind it even more flawed.
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Rep. Caulkins speaks out against the 'jobs tax'
House Rep. Dan Caulkins (R-Decatur) urged a No vote on the graduated income tax amendment to the state's constitution during Monday's session.
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Rep. Caulkins at a loss why Pritzker, Democrats 'try so hard to drive businesses out of Illinois'
Illinois state Rep. Dan Caulkins (R-Decatur) hardly recognizes his own state's government anymore.
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Gas tax bill gives Rep. Caulkins déjà vu
Republican state Rep. Dan Caulkins (Geneva) sees all too familiar warning signs in the gas tax bill now set for a full House vote after recently being green-lighted by the Illinois House Revenue and Finance Committee.
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Caulkins: 'Chicago Way' is wrong way for Illinois
Republican state Rep. Dan Caulkins (Geneva) marvels at how career politicians in Springfield have yet to learn their lesson.
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'Every alarm going off with our pensions,' Caulkins says, but Springfield leaders not paying attention
Republican state Rep. Dan Caulkins (Decatur) struggles to understand why lawmakers in Springfield are ignoring an issue everyone in Illinois knows is out of control.