11 Illinois Counties at Warning Level for Coronavirus Cass, Gallatin, Jackson, Jo Daviess, Johnson, Perry, Randolph, Saline, Sangamon, St. Clair, and White Counties have been reported at warning level for…

Please join Rep. Bennett at 5 p.m. on Wednesday, August 5 for an update on the preparation, expectations and challenges for school districts as they finalize their plans to open…

Madigan must step down as Speaker For more than a week we have been following a Federal investigation into Commonwealth Edison that has resulted in revelations of potential corruption by…

Nearby counties at coronavirus warning level Four Illinois counties, including two which border the 106th district, were recently placed on a coronavirus warning level by the Illinois Department of Public…

Join our call for a special session on ethics reform As you know, last week Speaker Madigan was implicated in a bribery investigation involving the electric utility ComEd. Speaker Madigan…

Madigan implicated in bribery scheme The electric utility ComEd was charged by federal prosecutors on Friday in a bribery plot in which they allege ComEd gave jobs and other benefits…

Illinois makes adjustments to coronavirus metrics, regions Some states have seen large increases in coronavirus cases in recent weeks, and numbers have gone up in Illinois too, though not by…

Concerns raised about distribution of CARES Act funds Emergency relief funds from the federal CARES Act will soon be distributed in Illinois, but the process for doing so has drawn…

Limiting the Governor’s emergency powers Last week a judge ruled that Governor Pritzker does not have the authority to keep issuing stay-at-home orders beyond the 30 days allowed by state…

Hiring local workers for state projects With the Illinois economy taking a major hit from the pandemic and the shutdown, unemployment has spiked into double digits. By doing so, it…