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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

Top Ethics Officer Resigns We legislators are supposed to obey a series of laws and guidelines that govern our work, income, and conduct. Compliance with these laws and guidelines are overseen…

CGFA Updates State’s Finances  June 2021 marked the final month of FY21 in the State of Illinois. The FY21 fiscal year was marked by a sharp upswing in unusual and…

Happy 4th of July July 4, 1776, is the day that we celebrate Independence Day, which represents so much about the American story of freedom, bravery, and patriotism. As we celebrate…

More Coal Plants to Shutdown NRG Energy has announced two of their coal-fired power plants located in Romeoville and Waukegan, Illinois, will be soon shut down. These two plants combine…