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GOP-driven Manufacturer’s Purchase Credit to save $40 million in operations
Illinois House Republicans are intent on keeping the manufacturing industry positioned as one of the state’s largest economic drivers.
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House GOP staunchly opposes bill lowering residency requirements for student trustees
House Republicans unanimously opposed a bill recently that lessens the residency requirements for student trustees at Illinois universities.
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House passes bill to keep Sterigenics closed
A bill passed the Illinois House of Representatives last week that would prevent Sterigenics from reopening its doors in Willowbrook after the sterilization solutions provider's controversial shutdown in February due to dangerously high readings of ethylene oxide emissions.
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House GOP: 'We can’t tax our way to prosperity'
Several House Republicans recently spoke out in opposition of the graduated income tax that Democratic Gov. J.B. Pritzker has been pushing since before he took office last November.
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House Republicans speak out against 'fair tax' plan
House Republicans voiced their opposition again for graduated income tax Wednesday at a press conference.
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House GOP stands together to oppose progressive tax plan
Illinois House Republicans united at a Wednesday press conference to speak out against Gov. J.B. Pritzker's plan to implement a graduated state income tax that he calls a "fair tax."
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House Republicans speak out against graduated income tax
The House Republican caucus held a press conference Wednesday to announce their opposition of Gov. J.B. Pritzker's idea of a "fair tax" for Illinois.
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GOP House members launch campaign supporting term limits
House Republicans recently announced a campaign to enact term limits for elected officials.
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House Republicans blast Democrats' progressive tax plans
Joined by three of his GOP peers, House Republican Leader Rep. Jim Durkin (R-Western Springs) made one thing clear – Democrats are about to put the nail in Illinois' coffin.
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DCFS says it missed deadline for comptroller's debt transparency report, but did turn it in
It was a bit like the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services failed to get its required homework turned in on time for State Comptroller Susana Mendoza's first debt transparency report, but a department deputy director said they did get it turned in.
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Durkin hiring of former Rauner aide living with reporter raises conflict questions
House Minority Leader Jim Durkin's (R-Western Springs) hiring of Michael Mahoney, a former aide to Gov. Bruce Rauner, has the potential to cause some conflict of interest problems for WTTW, the primary public broadcasting member station in Chicago.
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Sources: Durkin, Kimme eyeing House GOP staff change
Illinois House Republican Leader Jim Durkin is looking to replace his Chief of Staff with a former Bruce Rauner aide close to controversial state super-lobbyist Nancy Kimme, sources tell Prairie State Wire.