COVID-19 has had a devastating effect on the State of Illinois. In addition to the public health issues, the impact on the economy has been enormous. Over one million Illinoisans…

Today Illinois Democrats pushed through a partisan, unbalanced budget for Fiscal Year 2021 that increases spending by 6.8%. The budget spends $42.8 billion while revenues are expected to be only…

On May 15th, 28 House Republicans sent a letter to Governor Pritzker, urging him to allow all Illinois child care providers to reopen as regions move to Phase 3 of…

Yesterday the Illinois House of Representatives convened at the Bank of Springfield Center in downtown Springfield to resume the 2020 spring legislative session that was paused for nearly 11 weeks…

State Representative Amy Grant (R-Wheaton) is working with House Republicans to remove the graduated income tax question from the November ballot. Saying, “it’s the last thing we should be doing…

As the State of Illinois faces a $7 billion to $8 billion revenue shortfall in the Fiscal Year 2021 budget, State Representative Amy Grant (R-Wheaton) believes lawmakers need to take…

Over the weekend I became aware of two important issues related to the Governor’s handling of the COVID-19 crisis. Information about both is still being collected, but I want to…

Today lawmakers finally received word that we’re returning to Springfield. House Republicans have been pushing for the legislature to reconvene for weeks, and we’re glad the Governor and Democrat leaders…

In an effort to assist small businesses and independent contractors impacted by COVID-19, DuPage County, in cooperation with Choose DuPage, is providing grants to assist with employee retention payroll costs,…

Speaker Madigan has cancelled the four scheduled session days for this week, extending the time during which the House has been sidelined. We have not met since March 5. Government…