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Recent News About Illinois State Senate
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Barickman: 'The majority party is prioritizing their partisan gain at the expense of voters'
State Sen. Jason Barickman (R-Bloomington) argues he didn’t need a recent court decision deeming legislative maps drawn by Democrats as unconstitutional to tell him Gov. J.B. Pritzker wasn’t putting the interest of the people first.
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Rezin: 'It's a parent's right to be made aware of their daughter's health'
Veteran state Sen. Sue Rezin (R-Morris) is pushing back against legislation she deems as an assault on the rights of parents of young daughters across the state.
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Turner: 'Without notification, there will be children in our state that will needlessly continue to suffer'
State Sen. Sally Turner (R-Lincoln) is warning lawmakers pushing to have the Parental Notice of Abortion Act (PNA) of 1995 repealed to be careful about what they wish for.
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Rezin: Pritzker 'has now broken his promise to the people of Illinois twice'
Republican state Sen. Sue Rezin wonders when voters will finally tire of all Gov. J.B.
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Rose angered by warnings on historic documents: 'Who the hell do these idiots think they are?'
State Sen. Chapin Rose (R-Champaign) is among the Republican lawmakers expressing outrage that the National Archives is now putting warning labels on founding documents such as the Constitution, Bill of Rights and Declaration of Independence.
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Rezin praises Tangled Roots Brewing results at Great American Beer Festival
State Sen. Sue Rezin (R-Morris) is saluting Tangled Roots Brewery for its masterful showing in the recent Great American Beer Festival.
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Rezin: Energy bill takes 'an important step in securing a better energy future for Illinois'
Veteran state Sen. Sue Rezin (R-Morris) is embracing Senate Bill 18 as the Illinois energy industry-saving compromise she felt it needed to be.
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Lawmakers call for action to help preserve Byron Nuclear Plant
Veteran state Sen. Sue Rezin (R-Morris) is among a group of Republican lawmakers pushing to keep a pair of local nuclear plants in operation.
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Turner: Inspector general 'should handle things without having interference from anyone from the legislature'
State Sen. Sally Turner (R-Beason) and other Senate Republicans remain hopeful that ethics reform can happen when a new legislative inspector general is named. Turner discussed what authority LIGs should have.
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Barickman: Pritzker 'broke his promise to voters'
Gov. J.B. Pritzker signed new legislative maps into law last week and Republicans say Pritzker failed to follow through with the promise he made during his 2018 campaign to reject any redistricting map drafted by lawmakers.
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DeWitte: 'We’re not taking care of the significant issues'
Longtime Republican state Sen. Don DeWitte (R-West Dundee) thinks it’s time lawmakers in Springfield got serious about dealing with all the state’s crippling issues.
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Rose on Democrats' budget: 'Where does this end?'
Senate Republicans lambasted the Democrats’ fiscal year 2022 budget which includes tax hikes, elimination of job-creation incentives, and cutting scholarship programs.
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Rose: FOID a hindrance to second amendment and 'completely redundant'
State Sen. Chapin Rose (R-Champaign) has had enough of all the abuse he sees being heaped on legal gun owners.
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Rezin honors longtime police Chief Neary
State Sen. Sue Rezin (R-Morris) is happy to see all her hard work finally end in Route 113 from Carbon Hill Road to Virginia Street in Coal City being renamed Dennis M. Neary Memorial Highway.
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Rose: 'There’s over a billion dollars in Democratic pork projects in this budget'
State Sen. Chapin Rose (R-Champaign) claims the numbers simply don’t add up in the state’s recently approved $42.3 billion budget.
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Water supply saved by the Senate
State Sen. Chapin Rose (R-Mahomet) sponsored a bill, Senate Bill 2515, that passed with flying colors in the Illinois Senate.
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Turner: 'There's nothing more important than casting a ballot on Election Day'
Illinois state Sen. Sally Turner (R-Beason) together with Sens. Sue Rezin (R-Morris) and Darren Bailey (R-Xenia) introduced SB1326, the Election Standardization Act, at a virtual news conference.
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Barickman says Pritzker has an opportunity to influence remapping process 'and influence it greatly'
State Rep. Jason Barickman (R-Bloomington) is concerned about what the Democrats are doing with the district remapping process.
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Lincoln Sen. Turner thanks her 'wonderful' staff on Administrative Professionals Day
This week Illinois Senate Republicans extended their thanks to administrative support staff in honor of Administrative Professionals Day, including Sen. Sally Turner (R—Lincoln).
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Barickman calls out state Senate leaders for motive to ‘block attempts at reform’
Illinois Senate Republican Redistricting Caucus Chair Jason Barickman (R-Bloomington) recently called out Democrats in the state Senate for what he considers to be their motives behind efforts to prevent redistricting reform from being considered by lawmakers.