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Recent News About Illinois General Assembly
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Illinois State Senate District 33 candidate: ‘My official statement on the FY 2025 budget that was passed by the Senate just a few minutes ago’
Illinois State Senate District 33 candidate Don DeWitte commented on the recently passed FY 2025 budget. "My official statement on the FY 2025 budget that was passed by the Senate just a few minutes ago," DeWitte said, sharing a screenshot of a longer statement.
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Sen. Don DeWitte: ‘The Evidence-Based School Funding Formula was created and approved in a bipartisan manner with input from Chicago Public Schools’
Senator Don DeWitte of Illinois Senate District 33 has voiced his opinion on the Evidence-Based School Funding Formula, stating, "The Evidence-Based School Funding Formula was created and approved in a bipartisan manner with input from Chicago Public Schools (CPS)." DeWitte further stated that CPS does not have the privilege to ‘cut in line just because they are Chicago."
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Illinois State Senator Don DeWitte: '$30 Million Grant Opportunity for Community Revitalization'
Senator Don DeWitte announced a "$30 Million Grant Opportunity for Community Revitalization." He clarified that the funding is designated for the "Rebuild Illinois Downtowns and Main Streets Capital and Research in Illinois to Spur Economic Recovery Program."
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McLaughlin: 'We shouldn't support giveaways to politicians while Illinois families suffer under record-high inflation'
Illinois State Representative Martin McLaughlin (R) criticized state Democrats' response to the state's inflation crisis in a statement provided to the Kane County Reporter
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Cochran: HB5855 ‘does ABSOLUTELY NOTHING to reduce crime’
Gun rights advocate Randy Cochran is asking Illinoisans to push back against gun control legislation being considered in the Illinois House.
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Wheeler: 'I am strongly opposed to any property tax increases of any kind'
Keith Wheeler, the Republican Illinois State Representative discusses concern for the SAFE-T Act. In January, Illinois Republicans filed a House resolution asking to repeal the SAFE-T Act, calling it damaging and dangerous because it may remove funding mandates on local governments.
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Wheeler: 'Protecting our kids from the threat of Fentanyl and the drug dealers who target them should be a bipartisan priority'
Rep. Keith Wheeler wants to protect the kids of Illinois from the threat of fentanyl.
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Illinois legislature to put amendment on ballot that cements union power into Illinois Constitution
The resolution passed both chambers and will be on the November 2022 ballot
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William Brady earns $96,500 working for the Illinois General Assembly during 2019
William Brady was ranked in the 88th percentile among public employees in Illinois in terms of pay in 2019, according to data gathered by the Illinois Comptroller Office.
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James Durkin earns $96,500 working for the Illinois General Assembly during 2019
James Durkin was ranked in the 88th percentile among public employees in Illinois in terms of pay in 2019, according to data gathered by the Illinois Comptroller Office.
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House candidate Curtis distributes care packages in Elgin, St. Charles
Republican state House candidate Laura Curtis and her team participated May 16 in drive-in distribution events where community members in need could pick up a care package full of food items, including milk from Oberweis Dairy, protective masks, hand sanitizer and toilet paper.
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Jason Barickman earns $89,500 working for the Illinois General Assembly during 2019
Jason Barickman was ranked in the 84th percentile among public employees in Illinois in terms of pay in 2019, according to data gathered by the Illinois Comptroller Office.
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Neil Anderson earns $89,500 working for the Illinois General Assembly during 2019
Neil Anderson was ranked in the 84th percentile among public employees in Illinois in terms of pay in 2019, according to data gathered by the Illinois Comptroller Office.
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Daniel Brady earns $88,700 working for the Illinois General Assembly during 2019
Daniel Brady was ranked in the 84th percentile among public employees in Illinois in terms of pay in 2019, according to data gathered by the Illinois Comptroller Office.
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Norine Hammond earns $86,900 working for the Illinois General Assembly during 2019
Norine Hammond was ranked in the 82nd percentile among public employees in Illinois in terms of pay in 2019, according to data gathered by the Illinois Comptroller Office.
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Christopher Davidsmeyer earns $86,900 working for the Illinois General Assembly during 2019
Christopher Davidsmeyer was ranked in the 82nd percentile among public employees in Illinois in terms of pay in 2019, according to data gathered by the Illinois Comptroller Office.
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Grant Wehrli earns $86,900 working for the Illinois General Assembly during 2019
Grant Wehrli was ranked in the 82nd percentile among public employees in Illinois in terms of pay in 2019, according to data gathered by the Illinois Comptroller Office.
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Dale Righter earns $89,500 working for the Illinois General Assembly during 2019
Dale Righter was ranked in the 84th percentile among public employees in Illinois in terms of pay in 2019, according to data gathered by the Illinois Comptroller Office.
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Susan Rezin earns $89,500 working for the Illinois General Assembly during 2019
Susan Rezin was ranked in the 84th percentile among public employees in Illinois in terms of pay in 2019, according to data gathered by the Illinois Comptroller Office.
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Dave Syverson earns $89,500 working for the Illinois General Assembly during 2019
Dave Syverson was ranked in the 84th percentile among public employees in Illinois in terms of pay in 2019, according to data gathered by the Illinois Comptroller Office.