Last minute compromises salvage a rough spring session For most of the spring session of the General Assembly, family farms and small businesses had a rough time. A minimum wage…

Watch for farm equipment on the roads This spring we have seen a lot of rain, and it has made it much harder for local farmers to plant their fields….

Persistence, commitment and dedication paid off for the city and the citizens off Watseka this week as we celebrated the official awarding of $5.3 million to the city for a…

Graduated income tax increase passes House committee The proposal to raise income taxes through a graduated income tax system passed the House Revenue and Finance Committee this week with every…

Session was unexpectedly cancelled last Friday, so I spent the day visiting some of our neighbors in Iroquois County as part of National Small Business Week. We are lucky to…

Hearing set for graduated income tax hike On Monday the House Revenue and Finance Committee will meet to hear discussion of the proposed graduated income tax increase, officially known as…

I was proud this week to welcome to the Capitol several groups of local students visiting for Tech Day 2019. Students from schools across the state came to Springfield to…

Committee passes infant death investigation bill This week the House was busy with committee hearings for bills which have come over from the Senate. Dozens of these bills cleared committee…

Glad to be back in Springfield After several weeks of recovery from a recent car accident, I was happy to once again be among my colleagues at the Capitol as…

I was glad to be part of a panel discussion on health care with Margaret Foran Vaughn, Sinead Rice Madigan and a group of University of Illinois Health Care Policy…