Springfield, IL…Today Illinois House of Representatives voted to support Governor Pritzker’s amendatory veto of SB2800, the budget bill previously passed just after midnight on June 1st. State Representative David Friess…

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…

Springfield, IL… State Representative David Friess offered the following statement regarding Governor Pritzker’s signing of redistricting legislation: “Governor Pritzker, while he campaigned to be our governor, vowed to the people…

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…

Springfield, IL… State Representative David Friess offered this statement on the Democrat’s state budget passed Monday on a party-line vote: “The FY 2022 State budget that was just rammed through…

Springfield, IL… On Saturday, the Illinois House of Representatives approved House Resolution 226 calling upon the Illinois Department of Employment Security (IDES) to reopen their public-access public employment offices to…

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…

Springfield, IL…State Representative David Friess (R-Red Bud) offered the following statement about the ongoing crisis with IDES: “We are now 14 months into a pandemic. With this week’s news of…

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…