Kaskaskia Regional Port District Bill Heads to Governor’s Desk I filed HB1755 on February 11th to strengthen the Kaskaskia Regional Port District’s role in our state and national economy. The legislation allows…

Spring Session Comes to a Close The Illinois House of Representatives came to a close early Tuesday morning. It was another spring of bad policy and poor leadership from the…

Legislative Maps Pass the House This past week, we saw a lot of activity surrounding the drawing of the new legislative districts. Democrats dropped the first map late afternoon on…

IDES and Governor Pritzker’s Failure On Thursday, my colleagues, Reps. Ugaste, McLaughlin, Elik, and Sosnowski held a press conference to highlight the continued failure of the Pritzker Administration to fix…

LaSalle Veterans Home This week, the Veterans Affairs Committee held hearings on last fall’s COVID outbreak at the LaSalle Veterans’ Home. The outbreak, which killed 36 of our veterans, was…

Governor Pritzker Visits Sparta On Tuesday, Governor Pritzker visited the district to announce a new mobile vaccination site at the Worldwide Shooting and Recreation Complex in Sparta. He followed the…

Governor Pritzker Flip Flops on Fair Maps In 2018, then governor candidate J.B. Pritzker was asked, “Will you pledge as governor to veto any state legislative map proposal that is…

First Bill Passes out of the House My first piece of legislation has passed out of the House. HB1755 allows the Kaskaskia Regional Port District, and similar port districts throughout the state,…

Republicans Discuss Redistricting Efforts On Monday, my Republican colleagues, Representatives Avery Bourne and Tim Butler were joined by Congressman Rodney Davis to discuss the ongoing redistricting hearings that are currently…

IPEA to Host Household Hazardous Waste Collection Day The Illinois EPA will host a one-day event at the Monroe County Fairgrounds on Saturday, May 22nd from 8 am to 3…