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Wednesday, June 16, 2021
Rep. Miller Statement on Passage of Amendatory Veto of Budget Bill

SPRINGFIELD… State Representative Chris Miller (R-Oakland) issued this statement following the passage of Governor Pritzker’s amendatory veto of SB2800: “Democrats continue to play games with the people of Illinois. A…


Friday, June 11, 2021
Phase 5; Map Lawsuit; Session to Reconvene; State Fairs

Illinois Moves into Phase 5 After a year of lockdowns and heavy restrictions, Illinois will now move into Phase 5 of the state’s reopening plan. This is the final phase…


Friday, June 4, 2021
Miller: Governor Betrays Voters, Signs Maps

Springfield…State Representative Chris Miller offered the following statement regarding Governor Pritzker’s signing of redistricting legislation: “Governor Pritzker broke his promise plain and simple. With his signing of the redistricting legislation,…


Friday, June 4, 2021
Spring Session Comes to a Close

Spring Session Comes to a Close The Illinois House of Representatives came to early Tuesday morning. It was another spring of bad policy and poor leadership from the House Democrats….


Tuesday, June 1, 2021
Rep. Miller on Passage of FY22 Budget

Springfield… State Representative Chris Miller offered this statement on the Democrat’s state budget passed today on a party-line vote: “The budget rammed through tonight is a monstrosity of burrowed funds,…


Sunday, May 30, 2021
House Resolution Urges IDES Offices to Reopen

Springfield, IL… On Saturday, the Illinois House of Representatives approved House Resolution 226 calling upon the Illinois Department of Employment Security (IDES) to reopen their public-access public employment offices to…


Saturday, May 29, 2021
Maps; SJRCA11; Ethics Reform; Bad Bills

Update on Legislative Maps This past week, we saw a lot of activity surrounding the drawing of the new legislative districts. Democrats dropped the first map late afternoon on Friday…


Friday, May 21, 2021
IDES; School Choice; Israel; Update from the Farm

Ongoing Failures at IDES On Thursday, my colleagues’ Reps. Ugaste, McLaughlin, Elik, and Sosnowski held a press conference to highlight the continued failure of the Pritzker Administration to fix the…


Friday, May 14, 2021
Update from the Farm; HJR17; FOID; Reimagine Illinois

Update from the Farm Corn is planted and off to a good start, stands to look great. Hit a stretch of rainy weather. Bean planting is delayed but we hope…


Friday, May 7, 2021
HJR17; Pension Costs; Legislative Maps

HJR17 is Held Up A new report from ABC7 in Chicago has highlighted the worsening situation with the Illinois Department of Employment Security. It has gotten to the point where…