In one of the stranger events of third reading deadline week, House Democrats failed to garner enough votes to pass a bill that would allow for the parole and resentencing…

The Illinois Credit Union League announced this week that State Representative Ryan Spain (R-73rd District) has been named their 2025 Legislative Champion for his exceptional leadership, dedication, and significant contributions…

Following the opinion released today by the Illinois Supreme Court to reject House Republicans’ lawsuit against Democrats’ gerrymandered legislative maps based on the laches doctrine, or a lack of timeliness,…

State lawmakers left Springfield without passing any ethics reform legislation during committee deadline week. House Republicans told reporters that they are frustrated their Democratic colleagues refused to call any of…

REDISTRICTING REFORMReformers: Democrats Recruit ‘Prince of Darkness’ to Defend Illegal Maps. At a press conference at the Capitol on March 19, 2025, Illinois House Republican leaders provided an update regarding…

Time is running out to file your state and federal income tax returns. The filing deadline for Illinois taxpayers is Tuesday, April 15. Illinois is participating in the IRS Direct File Program this…

Last week, Democrats passed the Homeschool Act (House Bill 2827) through the House Education Policy Committee despite the fact that the measure had nearly 50,000 witness slips filed in opposition…

Shell Bills (sometimes referred to as vehicle bills) are a mechanism used by the Illinois General Assembly to provide placeholders for legislation yet to be determined. Essentially shell bills allow…

Illinois House Republican leaders provided the latest update this week regarding their ongoing lawsuit on redistricting filed with the Illinois Supreme Court. The lawsuit alleges that the Illinois Democratic majority…

Today, State Representative Ryan Spain was joined by Illinois House Minority Leader Tony McCombie and State Representative Dan Ugaste for a press conference at the Capitol to update the public…