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Barbara Kern donates $10,000 to Mark Kern's election campaign

Barbara Kern donated $10,000 to Mark Kern's election campaign committee, Committee to Elect Mark Kern, on Jan. 23, according to records obtained from the Illinois State Board of Elections (ISBE).

By Metric Media News Service | Jan 23, 2020

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ILLINOIS STATE SENATE DISTRICT 57: Belt announces library grants to local school districts

Eighteen local school districts will receive more than $23,000 in grants through the Illinois secretary of state’s School Library Grant program, State Senator Christopher Belt (D-Centreville) announced Wednesday.

By Press release submission | Jan 21, 2020

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ILLINOIS STATE SENATE DISTRICT 56: Crowe leads Senate hearing examining state’s implementation of opioid crisis plan

By Press release submission | Jan 21, 2020

To continue discussion of Illinois’ plan for combatting the opioid epidemic, members of the Senate special committee on Opioid Crisis Abatement met in Granite City Thursday to hear testimony from various state and local agencies.

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Chicago alderman wants to tax conception, childbirth

By Glenn Minnis | Jan 20, 2020

Former Illinois state Sen. Dwight Kay (R-Edwardsville) wonders who exactly Chicago's 15th Ward Ald. Ray Lopez thinks he is serving with his “conception fees” proposal, designed to discourage couples from having too many children.

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Illinois GOP calls on Senate President candidates to support fair maps

By Glenn Minnis | 9 days ago

Illinois Republican Party officials are calling on Sens. Kim Lightford (D-Maywood) and Don Harmon (D-Oak Park), the two finalists for the position of next state Senate President, to publicly endorse fair maps.

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Senate GOP Leader Bill Brady said to have voiced private support for abortion funding, gun control legislation

By W.J. Kennedy | 9 days ago

Former high-level aides to Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner has revealed that Senate Republican Leader Bill Brady (R-Bloomington) told the then governor he was right for signing HB 40 in September 2017, the law requiring Medicaid funding of abortions. At a separate meeting, Brady also recommended that the governor sign gun control bills should they reach his desk.

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Elik wants answers from her opponent about Madigan's fitness for office

By Glenn Minnis | Jan 17, 2020

Illinois House candidate Amy Elik (R-Alton) wonders what it will take for incumbent state Rep. Monica Bristow (D-Alton) to put the interests of people in the 111th District ahead of those of embattled House Speaker Mike Madigan (D-Chicago).

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Robert Eastern donates $1,000 to Robert Iii's election campaign

By Metric Media News Service | Jan 13, 2020

Robert Eastern donated $1,000 to Robert Iii's election campaign committee, Friends of Robert Eastern III, on Jan. 13, according to records obtained from the Illinois State Board of Elections (ISBE).

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Robert Eastern donates $1,000 to Robert Lll's election campaign

By Metric Media News Service | Jan 13, 2020

Robert Eastern donated $1,000 to Democrat Robert Lll's election campaign committee, Friends of Robert Eastern III, on Jan. 13, according to records obtained from the Illinois State Board of Elections (ISBE).

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Candidate Elik wants 'more than a partisan task force' for property tax relief in the 111th District

By Glenn Minnis | Jan 10, 2020

Illinois House candidate Amy Elik (R-Alton) argues that it is past time for state lawmakers to deliver real property tax relief that so many residents desperately need.

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Sen. Plummer's farm-equipment bill rises to top of new crop of state laws

By Glenn Minnis | Jan 8, 2020

Freshmen Illinois state Sen. Jason Plummer (R-Edwardsville) is grateful for the praise his bill eliminating registration fees for certain farming equipment is drawing as one of the most sensible of more than 250 new laws enacted on Jan. 1.

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Ann Callis donates $1,000 to Steve Stobbs' election campaign

By Metric Media News Service | Jan 8, 2020

Ann Callis donated $1,000 to Republican Steve Stobbs' election campaign committee, Citizens for Stobbs, on Jan. 8, according to records obtained from the Illinois State Board of Elections (ISBE).