Special Investigating Committee questions ComEd about Madigan bribery scheme The House Special Investigating Committee which is looking into a bribery scheme involving electric utility ComEd, which has also implicated House…

Calling for action on FOID cards This week I sent a letter to Governor Pritzker calling for action to reduce wait times for Firearm Owner Identification (FOID) cards. My office…

Illinois has conducted five million COVID-19 tests The Illinois Department of Public Health announced last week that it had passed the 5 million mark in the number of COVID-19 tests…

Child Passenger Safety Week This week is Child Passenger Safety Week and the Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT) is taking the time to remind parents and caregivers about the state’s…

Safety on the roads This week is National Farm Safety and Health Week, and the National Safety Council is using the occasion to put a special focus on safety on…

Public hearings needed to look into IDES failures During the pandemic shutdown more than two million Illinoisans applied for unemployment assistance. This surge in applications hit Illinois’s unemployment agency, the…

House investigation into Madigan begins On Thursday the Illinois House’s Special Investigating Committee met for the first time to begin its investigation of allegations surrounding House Speaker Michael Madigan. The committee…

Help for small businesses For the past six months small businesses in Illinois have been getting hit hard by the coronavirus outbreak and the resulting business shutdowns. As our economy…

Drive-thru coronavirus testing site open in Pontiac A drive-thru coronavirus testing site has opened at the OSF Saint James – John W. Albrecht Medical Center parking lot on Route 116…

Petition filed for special investigating committee to look into Madigan allegations House Republican Leader Jim Durkin has filed a petition to have the House form a special investigating committee to…