Illinois House Of Representatives
Recent News About Illinois House Of Representatives
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Rep. Egofske votes to allow noncitizens to become Illinois police officers
Rep. John Egofske (R-Lemont) voted to give noncitizens a path to become Illinois police officers, siding with a majority of state lawmakers in a recent action that one Republican senator called “a fundamentally bad idea.”
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Rep. Rita supported removing protections for COVID-19 vaccine foes
Rep. Robert Rita (D-Blue Island) voted in favor legislation that would remove legal protections now available to opponents of COVID-19 vaccine mandates through Illinois’ Health Care Right of Conscience Act.
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Rep. Davis supported removing protections for COVID-19 vaccine foes
Rep. William Davis (D-East Hazel Crest) voted in favor legislation that would remove legal protections now available to opponents of COVID-19 vaccine mandates through Illinois’ Health Care Right of Conscience Act.
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Illinois lawmakers want to 'keep greed in check' in push to address concerns with subcontractors
Illinois carpenters are fighting against construction industry tax fraud, claiming that Illinois is missing out on $186 million every year when subcontractors pay their employees in cash.
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Hastings advocates for airline employees 'to use their earned sick time'
Illinois state Sen. Michael E. Hastings (D-Frankfort) advocated for airline employees and legislation allowing workers to use earned sick leave time.
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Wallace on Madigan's Springfield departure: 'There's still a question of if he's really out of power'
Eric Wallace doesn't believe that Mike Madigan has fully resigned his power over Illinois' government when he quit his post in mid-February.
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Keicher priases bipartisan effort to secure funding for Illinois hospitals during COVID-19 crisis
State Rep. Jeff Keicher (R-Sycamore) praised the bipartisan cooperation that made passage of legislation that uses $250 million federal funds into the Illinois health care industry.
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From Prairie State Wire
Republican lawmakers disappointed in governor's budget proposal
Illinois Republicans were disappointed after hearing Gov. J.B. Pritzker's budget proposal last week
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From DuPage Policy Journal
Hois campaigning for House on platform of fiscal reform, tax cuts and job growth
With a new Pew Charitable Trusts survey ranking Illinois next to last in the U.S. in personal-income growth since the Great Recession, House candidate Laura Hois (R-Downers Grove) is more determined than ever to punch her ticket to Springfield.
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From West Central Reporter
Rep. Hammond renews call for fair maps, supports petition to end gerrymandering
A Republican Illinois House representative from the 93rd District earlier this week renewed her call for fair maps and pushed support for an independent map-drawing petition following a U.S. Supreme Court decision not to hear gerrymander cases.
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No comment from Democratic colleague on Rep. Pappas' bizarre encounter with pro-life group
Illinois State Rep. Diane Pappas (D-Itasca) suggested castration and sperm bank storage as a solution to the growing number of abortions in Illinois to a small pro-life coalition from Wayne Township earlier this month.
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St. Barnabus pastor Donovan weighs in on Illinois' divisive new abortion bills
Rev. James Donovan wonders how anyone could justify supporting a bill now pending in Springfield that would pave the way for a teenager in Illinois to have an abortion performed without parental notification.
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A supporter of HB 40, state Rep. Rita has no comment on new abortion bills
Calumet Park state Rep. Bob Rita has not returned calls for comment on the legislation to legalize third-trimester abortions and repeal parental notification laws.
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State Rep. Burke, who supported HB 40, yet to comment on new abortion bills
Evergreen Park state Rep. and Assistant House Majority Leader Kelly Burke has not returned calls for comment on the legislation to legalize third-trimester abortions and repeal parental notification laws.
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No official position yet on controversial abortion bills from state Rep. Hurley
Southwest Side state Rep. Fran Hurley has not returned calls for comment on the legislation to legalize third-trimester abortions and repeal parental notification laws.
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No comment yet from state Rep. DeLuca on controversial abortion bills
Chicago Heights state Rep. Anthony DeLuca has not returned calls for comment on the new legislation put forth by his party to legalize third-trimester abortions and repeal parental notification laws.
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Pastor in Burke's district more transparent on abortion bills
Father Martin T. Marren couldn’t say for certain if Rep. Kelly Burke (D-Evergreen Park) is a member of his Southwest Side parish, but he left little doubt about what he thinks would be the right stance for any lawmaker to take on a pair of abortion bills now pending in the state legislature.
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From Prairie State Wire
Legislature overrides some Rauner vetoes, fails on others
Illinois's outgoing Republican governor saw a few of his vetoes overridden during the Fall Veto Session in Springfield and a few new laws have been passed, a QUAD city area lawmaker said in a summary recap released last week.
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Tom Demmer wins 90th House District race
Republican Tom Demmer has been declared the winner in the 90th House District against Democrat Amy Davis.
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Hurley wins House District 35 race
Democrat Frances Ann Hurley has been declared the winner in the House District 35 race against Republican Herbert Hebein.