Downstate Energy Tour This week, I joined my colleagues Brad Halbrook and Dan Caulkins on a tour of downstate Illinois’ various energy facilities including Prairie State Energy Campus, Hamilton Co. Coal, Ashmore Solar Field,…
Republicans Call for Updated Education Guidance With the beginning of the school year rapidly approaching, my colleague State Rep. Seth Lewis penned a letter to Governor J.B. Pritzker. Lewis urged the…
Happy 4th of July The fight for freedom never ends, but we are not descendants of fearful men. I am resolved to put the citizens of IL first! To live free…
Two Coal Plants to Close Two coal-fired plants in Romeoville and Waukegan, Illinois, will soon be closing according to NRG Energy, the operator of the two plants. Decisions by state…
Rep. Chris Miller’s Week in Review House Holds Session Wednesday The House of Representatives reconvened Wednesday to take up several pieces of legislation leftover from Spring Session. One such piece…
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…
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….
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…
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…
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…