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Wednesday, February 16, 2022
JCAR Suspends Emergency Mitigations

Springfield, IL… Tuesday afternoon, a meeting of the Joint Committee on Administrative Rules (JCAR) met to vote on the latest version of COVID-19 mitigation rules for K-12 schools. The committee…


Wednesday, February 2, 2022
Rep. Friess Reacts to Budget Address

You can tell it is an election year for the Governor. Today, Governor J.B. Pritzker announced a ‘balanced’ budget that theoretically stabilizes and improves Illinois’ financial health. Of course, this…


Friday, January 21, 2022
Friess: Now Democrats Want Our Help

In January 2020, the Democrats rammed through their criminal justice reform bill known as the SAFE-T Act. The bill passed at the 11th hour of a lame-duck session with limited…


Thursday, January 6, 2022
Judicial Subcircuits Amount to Power Grab

SPRINGFIELD, IL…As part of floor action on the first night of the spring legislative session, House Democrats brought forth and passed legislation to expand judicial subcircuits in Illinois. State Representative…


Wednesday, October 6, 2021
Friess: “We must live our lives.”

Governor Pritzker claims he worked with labor groups to reach an agreement with some labor organizations on the issue of mandating vaccines. The governor’s latest edict compels workers with the…


Friday, September 17, 2021
Friess Appointed to Human Trafficking Task Force

Red Bud, IL…State Representative David Friess (R-Red Bud) has been appointed to the Human Trafficking Task Force by House Republican Leader Jim Durkin. The goal of the task force is…


Wednesday, September 1, 2021
Friess Critical of Partisan Map Process

Springfield, IL…The Illinois House of Representatives passed newly revised legislative maps Tuesday evening. State Representative David Friess (R-Red Bud) offered the following statement condemning the process by which these maps…


Monday, August 30, 2021
Rep. Friess Statement on Pritzker’s New Mandates

Springfield, IL…State Representative David Friess (R-Red Bud) issued the following statement on Governor Pritzker’s new mask and vaccination mandates announced yesterday: “On August 26, 2021, the Governor issued yet another…


Tuesday, August 17, 2021
Friess Reacts to Census Data Release

Springfield, IL… With the release of U.S. Census data on August 12th, State Representative David Friess (R-Red Bud) offered the following statement in regards to the legislative maps signed into…


Thursday, August 5, 2021
Rep. Friess Statement on New Mask Mandates

Springfield, IL…Governor Pritzker has announced new COVID mitigations due in part to the spread of the “Delta variant”. New mitigations will include masking in schools. State Representative David Friess (R-Red…