Adjournment deadline passes, no agreement on budgetThe House adjournment deadline came and went Wednesday night without an agreement on a budget for either the current fiscal year or the next…

A note to readersAs I write this on Friday, May 26, we are right in the middle of the end-of-session crush of activity at the Capitol ahead of our May…

House begins work on bills which have passed the SenateThe Illinois House will spend most of mid-May considering Senate bills which have made it to the House. The Senate passed…

Bipartisan group of House lawmakers urges Senate to actLast week I shared with you some of my frustration at the level of partisanship that has come to dominate Springfield. This…

State Rep. Tom Bennett (R-Gibson City) recognized fallen Paxton-area law enforcement officers with legislation which re-names the overpass near the site of the 1979 shootout where they fell in their…

Partisanship worsening the dysfunction in SpringfieldI have served in the House of Representatives for a little over two years, and in that time I have encountered a great deal of…