Democrats are painting a pretty picture of our state’s fiscal health while ignoring the true causes of Illinois’ many decades long fiscal instability. We need real fiscal leadership in Illinois…

347 pairs of children’s shoes were on display at the State Capitol this week, one pair for each child who has died in the last three years despite having contact with…

An influx of federal relief dollars has allowed Democrats to paint a rosy picture of our state finances without actually making the structural reforms necessary to provide lasting, long-term relief…

Throughout the pandemic we heard heartbreaking stories of people dying alone in healthcare facilities because of COVID-19 visitation restrictions. This week Rep. Spain helped pass legislation through the General Assembly to…

With two days left in our spring legislative session House Democrats have finally released the first draft of their budget…all 3,000+ pages of it! Their first draft raises state spending…

“Unfortunately, Governor Pritzker has no credibility on budget issues for the State of Illinois. If you remember, just two years ago, the Governor demanded that we pass his massive income…

Assistant Republican Leader Ryan Spain (73rd District) filed House Bill 4497, a bill aimed at repealing the Safe-T Act, on the one-year anniversary of the start of a continual crime…

“The cost of diapers for many families in Central Illinois is a real household budgeting problem and source of great stress,” said Rep. Ryan Spain about delivery of more than…