Republican state Rep. Dan Caulkins (Decatur) expressed his disdain for government overreach in a March 15 press release highlighting some of the latest developments in Springfield.

State Rep. Dan Caulkins (R-Decatur) argues that everything about Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s early tenure in Springfield sends the wrong message for the state.

An Illinois Policy Institute (IPI) review finds Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s new progressive-tax plan might not be everything it’s being promoted to be.

Gov. J.B. Pritzker doesn’t have to go far to get an up-close look at what he insists he wants for Illinois.

Connie Beard can’t figure out why Gov. J.B. Pritzker doesn't see the handwriting on the wall.

Newly elected Republican State Rep. Dan Caulkins (R-Decatur) thinks he knows why things have become so dysfunctional in Springfield.

Dan Caulkins (R-Decatur) arrived in Springfield as the new state representative of the 101st District only a few weeks ago, and already he says he feels stupefied.

Greg Baise is desperately trying to make sense of all the tax madness.

After just his first few weeks in Springfield, state Rep. Dan Ugaste (R-Geneva) says there's misconception among Democrats as to why residents are leaving the state.

Richard Pearson, executive director of the Illinois State Rifle Association, is warning members that he believes Senate Bill 107, aimed at banning “assault weapons,” will not be the last attack on legal gun owners.

Newly elected state Rep. Dan Caulkins (R-Decatur) says that re-installing House Speaker Mike Madigan sends all the wrong signals.

State Rep.-elect Dan Caulkins thinks it is a good thing that voters in Illinois are growing mad as hell with what he calls the corruption and bad policy that have crippled their state.

State Rep. Allen Skillicorn (R-East Dundee) views the GOP's losses in November as an opportunity for rebirth.

State Sen. Jason Barickman’s (R-Bloomington) work in education funding reform has netted him the “Friend of Education” award from the Illinois Association of Regional School Superintendents (IARSS).

State Rep.-elect Dan Caulkins of Decatur says he wonders what it will take for lawmakers in Springfield to stand up to the unions he argues are ruining the state.

State Rep.-elect Dan Caulkins, a Republican who will represent the 101st District, is dismayed by Gov. Bruce Rauner's latest revelations.

Even as he acknowledges that his party’s plight has become more difficult, Dan Caulkins remains as committed to his party as he’s ever been.

Dan Caulkins laments too many lawmakers in Springfield have turned the act of deceiving voters about taxes into an art form.

Illinois’ spending plan is fraught with roughly $100 million in wasteful spending at a time when some lawmakers are pushing for even more tax increases, an Illinois Policy Institute (IPI) report details.

Dan Caulkins knows the fight he has vowed to wage won’t be an easy battle.