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Friday, September 10, 2021
Rep. Friess’ Week in Review – 9/10/21

Session Recap On Thursday, the House of Representatives was again called into Session to take up leftover measures from this past spring, including ethics and energy legislation.  Energy Senate Bill…


Friday, September 3, 2021
Special Session Recap

Special Session Recap On Tuesday, the Illinois House and Senate were called into session to take up measures leftover from this past spring. In addition to taking up new legislative…


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…


Friday, August 20, 2021
Map Battle Heats Up; Fight over Masks in School

Census Confirms Maps Unconstitutional Due to the recently released U.S. Census data, we know the Democrats’ proposed House districts include districts with population counts ranging from 92,390 (District 83) to…


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…


Friday, August 13, 2021
Map Lawsuits; Mask Mandate; Scott’s Law; Violence Against Police

New Lawsuits over Maps In May of this year, the Democrat majority in the Illinois General Assembly passed a series of maps along partisan lines. I and my Republican colleagues…


Friday, August 6, 2021
Mask Mandate; FOID Cards; LaSalle; Alexander-Cairo Port District

Pritzker’s New Mask Mandates This week, Governor Pritzker announced new mandates concerning masking for schools this upcoming year. I am strongly opposed to these new mandates as I feel that…


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…


Friday, July 23, 2021
Telehealth; Unemployment Fraud; Deer Season; Blood Donations Needed

2021 Deer Hunting Avid hunters of the 116th District will be gearing up soon for the 2021 deer hunting cycle. An important aspect of this is limited public access to…