Illinois House Of Representatives
Recent News About Illinois House Of Representatives
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Rep. Haas votes to allow noncitizens to become Illinois police officers
Rep. Jackie Haas (R-Bourbonnais) 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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Bunting: 'Southern Illinois judge temporarily blocks assault weapons ban'
In a May 1 Facebook post, Illinois state Rep. Jason Bunting (R-Dwight) shared the decision of a Southern Illinois judge pertaining to the State's automatic weapons ban.
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Bennett: ‘HB 5855 would effectively criminalize ownership of entire classes of firearms by Illinoisans’
State Rep. Thomas M. Bennett (R-Gibson City) is advocating against HB5855, the Protect Illinois Communities Act.
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Candidate for State Representative Walls is running 'for children in the public school system'
Kankakee Times recently had an opportunity to interview Frederick L. Walls who is running for State Representative in the 34th District.
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Haas calls for Illinois' redistricting process to be made ‘fair and transparent’
Republican lawmakers in the Illinois General Assembly introduced legislation they say will reform the redistricting process and stop those who benefit directly from it from being the ones in charge of the method.
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Bennett wants to focus on public safety 'while respecting the rights of all Illinoisans'
Rep. Michael Bennett (R-Pontiac) is emerging as a primary voice for the public safety element of House Republican’s newly proposed Reimagine Illinois plan.
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Lauf attacks Kinzinger for his vote on Bipartisan Background Checks Act of 2021
Catalina Lauf denounces Congressman Adam Kinzinger (R-IL) after he made another move against his own party by joining with Democrats to vote for the Bipartisan Background Checks Act of 2021 (H.R.8).
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Maisch testifies against health reform bll, arguing the legislation has 'major flaws'
Illinois Chamber President and CEO Tom Maish testified before the Senate Executive Committee on Jan. 9 in opposition to the Illinois Health Care and Human Service Reform Act.
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Illinois GOP demands reform from Pritzker over Madigan's alleged influence peddling
Illinois House Republicans are demanding that Democratic Gov. J.B. Pritzker call a special session of the General Assembly to pass reforms in the wake of accusations that implicated House Speaker Michael Madigan (D-Chicago) in an alleged influence-peddling scheme with the state’s biggest electric power company.
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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 Grundy Reporter
Rep. Parkhurst to hold job fair July 19
State Rep. Lindsay Parkhurst (R-Kankakee) has scheduled her 2019 Job Fair on July 19 in Kankakee.
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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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Bennett on graduated income tax structure: 'Stop digging,' bring people back to Illinois
House Rep. Thomas Bennett (R-Watseka) said Monday that Illinois has dropped in population because it already has such a high tax burden, and the graduated income tax structure would make that even worse.
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From Prairie State Wire
Bill changing sunset on privatization of water systems passes House
A bill that changes the sunset date on previous legislation that involves the privatization of public water systems has passed in the Illinois House of Representatives.
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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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Lindsay Parkhurst wins House District 79 race
Lindsay Parkhurst of the Republican party has been declared the winner in the House District 79 race against Democratic candidate Lisa Dugan.
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2018 election preview: Number of competitive districts up over four years ago
The number of competitive Illinois state legislative races in the Nov. 6 midterm elections will be 18 more than what it was four years ago as more major-party candidates go head-to-head is districts across the state.
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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.