During the week, the Senate and House Appropriations committees held a joint hearing on Senate Bill 316, a proposal to legalize the taxation and regulation
Gov. Rauner signed an Executive Order Sept. 6 creating the Governor’s Opioid Overdose Prevention and Intervention Task Force. The Task Force, co-chaired by Lt. Gov.
The Comptroller’s office began transmitting on Sept. 7 $541 million in General State Aid to schools throughout Illinois. These payments contain the funds that were
Gov. Rauner announced a refinancing plan Sept. 7 to pay down a portion of the state’s $15.4 billion bill backlog. While advocating for spending reforms
Passed during the week by the House and Senate, Senate Bill 1947 utilizes data and widely-accepted best practices to determine how to send funding where
Today the Surface Transportation Board rejected the application filed by Great Lakes Basin Transportation, Inc., for authority to construct and operate a rail line in
The Governor signed legislation – known as the Trust Act – that will prevent law enforcement officials across the state from detaining individuals based solely
Increasing voter participation is the aim a new law signed by Gov. Rauner on Aug. 28. Senate Bill 1933 requires the Secretary of State and
State Sen. Sue Rezin (R-Morris) issued the following statement in response to the Illinois Senate passing education funding reform legislation (SB 1947) Aug. 29. Rezin
State Sen. Sue Rezin has officially opened an additional district office in Morris and hired Shannon Hogan, a Morris native and graduate of Morris Community
