Illinois State Representative Dan Ugaste
Recent News About Illinois State Representative Dan Ugaste
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From McHenry Times
Ugaste warns 'solid ethics legislation' will be needed for people to regain trust in Illinois government
State Rep. Dan Ugaste argues you don’t have to look far to find examples of why this isn’t the time to do away with restrictions banning patronage hiring in Illinois state government.
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From McHenry Times
Ugaste remains skeptical of Springfield Democrats' sudden push for ethics reform as inquiry into speaker continues
State Rep. Dan Ugaste wants to know what’s taken Democrats in Springfield so long to join the fight for ethical reforms.
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From McHenry Times
Ugaste demands Democratic challenger 'take a stand' and call for embattled speaker to step down
State Rep. Dan Ugaste wants to see Martha Paschke take a stand.
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From McHenry Times
Ugaste condemns House Democrats' failure to demand embattled speaker resign: The silence speaks volumes
State Rep. Dan Ugaste hopes the way Democrats have dragged their feet on ethics reform sends a message to voters this year.
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Ugaste: Speaker Madigan must resign amid ComEd scandal
State representative calls for Gov. Pritzker to convene special session
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From McHenry Times
Ugaste laments governor's mandates in COVID-19 fight: We needed to work together
Veteran Illinois state Rep. Dan Ugaste has long found Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s handling of the COVID-19 pandemic to be misguided.
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From McHenry Times
Ugaste is troubled by Pritzker's determination 'in finding new ways to collect and spend' Illinois residents' money
State Rep. Dan Ugaste is troubled by every aspect of Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s progressive income tax proposal.
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From McHenry Times
Ugaste argues minimum wage hike 'is only going to create more problems for everyone'
State Rep. Dan Ugaste wonders who Gov. J.B. Pritzker thinks he’s helping by pressing forward with a minimum wage increase at a time when many small businesses across the state are already struggling to keep their doors open.
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From McHenry Times
State Rep. Ugaste says clout list hires show governor 'is not independent of Madigan'
State Rep. Dan Ugaste insists he’s not surprised to learn of how hand-in-hand Gov. J.B. Pritzker and House Speaker Mike Madigan have worked over the governor’s first 18 months in office, even as he argues it runs counter to everything Pritzker has publicly proclaimed.
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From McHenry Times
Ugaste says governor has created impossible situation with his COVID-19 shutdown
Illinois state Rep. Dan Ugaste has a clear agenda he hopes will mark his return to Springfield.
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Illinois manufacturers step up to meet demands of COVID-19 pandemic
In Illinois, manufacturers are altering production to meet demands of the COVID-19 pandemic and to offering helping hands whenever they can.
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From McHenry Times
Pritzker's 'one-size-fits-all approach' to COVID-19 policies not in state's best interest, Rep. Ugaste says
Illinois state Rep. Dan Ugaste (R-Geneva) is demanding a review of the state’s Disaster Proclamation in light of Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s recent plan to extend the stay-at-home order through the end of May to fight the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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From McHenry Times
Rep. Ugaste pushes for support for Illinois' small businesses
Illinois state Rep. Dan Ugaste (R-Geneva) is eagerly awaiting data from a survey of residents in his 65th District that seeks to determine whether they believe the time has come for Gov. J.B. Pritzker to restart the state's economy.
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From McHenry Times
Ugaste says improvement in unemployment office required to help residents
In light of the rising number of complaints he and other lawmakers are receiving from constituents about a floundering system, Illinois state Rep. Dan Ugaste (R-Geneva) is calling on Gov. J.B. Pritzker to quickly make needed improvements to the Illinois Department of Employment Security (IDES) in the face of ongoing coronavirus pandemic.
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From McHenry Times
Illinois voters list corruption as a top priority, new poll finds
Illinois state Rep. Dan Ugaste (R-Geneva) does not seem too surprised to learn that voters may have finally had enough of Springfield’s nonsense.
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From McHenry Times
Rep. Ugaste shows support for giving LIG more 'room and authority' to fight corruption
Illinois state Rep. Dan Ugaste (R-Geneva) is not about to give up the fight for ethics reform in Springfield.
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From McHenry Times
State of the state not quite as picturesque as Pritzker made it sound in address, says Rep. Ugaste
Illinois state Rep. Dan Ugaste (R-Geneva) believes that Gov. J.B. Pritzker devoted too much of his State of the State address last week in Springfield taking credit where it was not necessarily deserved.
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From McHenry Times
Census data supports position that current policies are taxing state's population
Illinois state Rep. Dan Ugaste (R-Geneva) says no one should be surprised that the latest U.S. Census Bureau data shows the state lost population for the sixth straight year in 2019 and that no other state in the U.S. has seen a greater raw population decline over the last decade than Illinois.
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Rep. Ugaste heralds pension consolidation bill as 'a good first step'
In Illinois' long-overdue, much-needed commitment to pension reform, freshmen state Rep. Dan Ugaste (R-Geneva) believes lawmakers have finally taken a valuable first step.
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From McHenry Times
Rep. Ugaste sees progress, albeit slow-moving, in state's fight against corruption
In the ethics reform-driven mind of Illinois state Rep. Dan Ugaste (R-Geneva), a new law restricting Chicago aldermen and city employees from working as lobbyists is just a first step toward rooting out statewide political corruption.