State Rep. Jim Durkin (R-Ill.)
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Recent News About State Rep. Jim Durkin (R-Ill.)
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Durkin: ‘Stava-Murray championed this idea of decriminalizing the possession of heroin, crack, meth and fentanyl’
Illinois House Minority Leader Jim Durkin (R-Western Springs) is excoriating House Democrat sponsor for passing a bill the would decriminalize hard drugs like cocaine, fentanyl and heroin.
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'Pritzker and his administration have failed;' Durkin calls for reform of Prisoner Review Board
House Minority Leader Rep. Jim Durkin (R-Western Springs) wants to put the rights of crime victims above those of criminals and has called for his colleagues to take action and reform the Prisoner Review Board (PRB) in Illinois.
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Durkin throws support behind Aurora mayor Irvin for GOP governor nod amid 'carjackings and mayhem'
House Minority Leader Jim Durkin has thrown his support behind Aurora Mayor Richard Irvin in the governor’s race.
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Durkin calls for Madigan's resignation if allegations are true
House Minority Leader Jim Durkin (R-Western Springs) says Speaker Michael Madigan (D-Chicago) must resign immediately if the allegations recently announced against him are true.
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IEPA orders shutdown of Sterigenics' Willowbrook facility
Months after area protesters called for the closure of Sterigenics' Willowbrook facility over allegedly elevated ethylene oxide emissions, an Illinois Environmental Protection Agency (IEPA) official earlier today ordered the facility shut down.
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Wheeler appointed to House Republican Leadership Team
House Minority Leader Jim Durkin (R-Western Springs) has appointed Rep. Keith Wheeler (R-Oswego) to a House GOP leadership position.
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Durkin, House Republicans put ERA over the top
Illinois House GOP Leader Jim Durkin (R-Western Springs) and 10 House Republicans voted in favor of a measure that would make female-only bathrooms, prisons, schools and shelters unconstitutional, require women to serve in military combat roles and ban any public accommodation for pregnant women.
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Seven House Republicans join Democrats to back local gun store ban
Seven Illinois House Republicans, including House GOP Leader Jim Durkin, voted Tuesday for a measure Illinois gun stores say would put them out of business.
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GOP leaders blaming Democrats for stalling on revenue estimate, putting budget on hold
There is still no revenue estimate for the pending billion-dollar budget, and GOP leaders are blaming the Democrats.
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GOP lawmakers demand budget revenue estimate from Democrats
GOP legislative leaders want a budget revenue estimate introduced and certified by the Democrats now.
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Brady, Durkin cautiously optimistic about budget talks after meeting with Cullerton, Currie
Senate Republican Leader William Brady of Bloomington and House GOP Leader Jim Durkin of Western Springs said Democratic leadership has promised to work with the GOP and Gov. Bruce Rauner on the budget following their meeting Thursday.
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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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Durkin to Madigan: Please no "gotcha" votes
Illinois House GOP Leader Jim Durkin (R-Western Springs) is imploring House Speaker Michael J. Madigan (D-Chicago) to focus on a state budget, not election year "gotcha" votes.
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Durkin, Brady pressed on abortion, Illinois GOP Party Unity
Illinois' two Republican legislative leaders believe conservative voters will eventually get behind Gov. Bruce Rauner this fall, overlooking his efforts to expand taxpayer funding of abortion in the state.
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Equality Illinois quiet on support for key Republicans who backed transgender birth certificate law
Equality Illinois, a Chicago-based statewide group representing the LGBTQ community that lobbied hard for passage of the new state law that makes it easier for transgender individuals to change the sex designation on their birth certificates, did not return repeated phone calls and email requests from Prairie State Wire on whether the group would endorse the re-election bids of Gov. Bruce Rauner and House Republican Leader Jim Durkin (R-Western Springs), both of whom backed the bill.
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Durkin threatens litigation over questions from LGIS reporters
A lawyer for House Minority Leader Jim Durkin (R-Western Springs) has threatened Local Government Information Services, which owns this publication, via two cease-and-desist letters after reporters asked questions about the legislator.
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Save for Rauner cash, House GOP campaign fundraising slows to a trickle
On the last weekend of Aug.1999, then-Illinois House Republican Leader Lee Daniels held a golf outing and fundraiser dinner at Medinah Country Club that attracted 1,200, raising $680,000 for his members’ campaigns-- $1.01 million in 2017 dollars.
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House Republican Leader Durkin solicits Democrats to back re-election bid
Non-profit executive Jack Wuest of Chicago’s Rogers Park neighborhood has made 56 Illinois campaign contributions in 2017. That’s 55 to Democrats and one, for $500 on Sept. 30, to Illinois House Minority Leader Jim Durkin (R-Western Springs).
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'Horrible conflict of interest' for House Republican Leader Durkin
Since assuming control of the Illinois House Republican Caucus four years ago, the law firm of State Rep. Jim Durkin (R-Western Springs) has helped Illinois municipal governments and state agencies amass more than a quarter of a billion dollars in public debt, according to an analysis by Prairie State Wire.
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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.