Illinois General Assembly
Recent News About Illinois General Assembly
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Political strategist: Sen. Brady should resign over role in bad loan
State Sen. Bill Brady (R-Bloomington) played a role in duping a friend into loaning $1 million to a home building business owned by two of his brothers, a federal bankruptcy judge determined in a ruling issued this week.
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REEDER: The best way to combat shortages is to ration goods
Last week, I visited seven Springfield stores trying to buy a gallon of milk before finding the last one at a Walgreens.
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'Bruised, battered, bloody' Blago back home after Trump commutes sentence
President Trump freed former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich from a Colorado federal prison on Tuesday by trimming off the remaining four years of his 14-year sentence.
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New Gas Attendant Act fuels candidate Breen's contempt for 'socialism of the Democrats'
Illinois House candidate Peter Breen (R-Lombard) argues that a bill seeking to make it unlawful for state motorists to pump their own gas is just the latest example of how Democrats have lost their way.
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Bipartisan group of lawmakers, fair-mapping advocates speak out against gerrymandering
A bipartisan group of legislators and policy watchdogs met Thursday to discuss their commitment to bringing fair district mapping to state and local politics throughout Illinois.
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Former Illinois LIG says ethics commission 'squashed' her findings of 'wrongdoing'
Former Illinois Legislative Inspector General Julie Porter is speaking out about the Legislative Ethics Commission’s effort to squash her reports on “wrongdoing.”
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Republican leaders would have liked more from Pritzker's speech, but will run with 'spirit of collaboration'
While House and Senate Republicans were critical of many aspects of Gov. J.B. Pritzker's State of the State address on Wednesday, most remain hopeful that he was sincere about bringing about a spirit of bipartisan collaboration.
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From Kankakee Times
Pritzker's State of the State failed to address most pressing issues, Sen. Barickman says
State Sen. Jason Barickman (R-Bloomington) wants fair maps to be a focus for this year's legislative agenda, but was disappointed that Gov. J.B. Pritzker did not discuss the idea during his State of the State address on Wednesday.
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Ethics commission hears testimony on transparency, lobbying and 'bullying'
The Joint Commission on Ethics and Lobbying Reform heard testimony on Thursday about how to end political corruption in Illinois.
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Ideas Illinois Chairman Baise hears Pritzker's message loud and clear: Expect more taxes
Ideas Illinois Chairman Greg Baise says the gist of Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s State of the State speech on Wednesday was pretty simple – Illinoisans can expect a continued push for higher taxes by the Democratic-led legislature throughout the year.
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From DuPage Policy Journal
Republicans want House to focus on tax reform, ethics and fair maps in 2020
House Republicans in Illinois want to focus on ethics, tax reform and fair maps during the 2020 legislative session.
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Property Tax Relief Task Force poised to miss another deadline
The Property Tax Relief Task Force, an 88-member legislative leviathan, missed one deadline for presenting its final recommendations for property tax relief in Illinois, and it’s about to miss another for putting those recommendations into action.
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Democrats' plan 'is to continue to raise taxes' and make 'out like bandits,' claims candidate Breen
Illinois House candidate Peter Breen (R-Lombard) is hoping the important message behind the failure of a property tax relief task force appointed by Gov. J.B. Pritzker does not get lost in translation.
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GOP Chairman: Who else knew about 'the rape in Champaign'?
Illinois Republican Party Chairman Tim Schneider believes that the sudden resignation of former state Sen. John Sullivan (D-Rushville) as Director of the Department of Agriculture in the wake of a controversial 2012 email by a longtime associate of Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan (D-Chicago) raises yet more questions while answering none.
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From Will County Gazette
House Republicans grow increasingly frustrated with farce of a property tax task force
Illinois House Minority Leader Jim Durkin (R-Western Springs) held a press conference this week to discuss the legislation's failure to make any real progress toward property tax relief.
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GOP Reps. call for special session 'to clean up culture of corruption'
A group of five Republican lawmakers is demanding a special session of the General Assembly to push forward ethics reform legislation for which they insist Illinois state government has no time to waste.
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House Republicans call for Madigan's resignation
With Springfield gripped by scandal and a series of federal corruption probes still playing out, a quartet of Republican state lawmakers recently joined forces in calling for the resignation of longtime House Speaker Mike Madigan (D-Chicago).
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Experts debate Illinois' progressive tax proposal
Two Illinois tax experts took part in a debate last week at the Union League Club in Chicago to discuss the progressive tax proposal that will be on the ballot in 2020.
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House Republicans dismayed by lack of progress on ethics reform
Following a spate of corruption charges and ongoing investigations revolving around Democratic state lawmakers, several House Republicans publicly voiced their concerns before the end of the veto session last week about the urgent need for ethics reform to restore Illinoisans' trust in the General Assembly.
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Illinois Christian Home Educators director fears repercussions of bill to add LGBT curricula
Illinois Christian Home Educators (ICHE) Executive Director Kirk Smith thinks the state government is at risk of doing more harm than good by pushing a plan to add lessons about gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender people to public school curricula.