Members of the Illinois General Assembly just completed the spring legislative session. House Republicans, working from a position of super-minority, stood together on a host of legislation this year- both…

State Representative Tom Demmer (R-Dixon) is continuing his mobile office hours tour next week with an event planned on Tuesday at the Hub City Senior Center in Rochelle. On Tuesday,…

Leading up to the Saturday evening votes on a variety of measures that were negotiated by both political parties, State Representative Tom Demmer urged lawmakers not to consider each bill…

Members of the House of Representatives took a series of votes on Friday and Saturday that put a balanced budget in place for Fiscal Year 2020, provided significant infrastructure improvements…

On Memorial Day, members of the House of Representatives voted to put a Constitutional Amendment question on the 2020 ballot that would remove the flat income tax guarantee from the…

Final Week of Spring Session Underway in Springfield Lawmakers are in Springfield for the final five days of the spring legislative session. Many important issues remain, including the adoption of…

The Illinois Constitution requires that House and Senate committees give reasonable public notice of meetings. Meeting notices must include descriptions of the items to be discussed. The Reproductive Rights Act…