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Tuesday, April 19, 2022
Families Need Real Tax, Inflation Relief – Not Election Year Gimmicks

Democrats’ temporary election-year “relief” plan does nothing to address the increasing burdens of record-high inflation on our residents. Illinois families need lasting tax relief to recover and grow in Illinois. Read more here.


Sunday, April 17, 2022
Happy Easter!

Wishing you a blessed Easter filled with love, peace, and all the joys of the season. Happy Easter!


Wednesday, April 13, 2022
Rep. Spain: We need a full repeal of the Democrats’ “Safe-T Act”

The safety of our residents should be a top priority for lawmakers every day, not just in an election year. Democrats are now scrambling to clean up the crisis they created by…


Tuesday, April 12, 2022
Democrat Budget Filled With One Time Revenues and Election Year Gimmicks

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…


Friday, April 8, 2022
The Need for DCFS Reforms on Display at the Capitol

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…


Friday, April 8, 2022
Democrat Budget Plans Substitute Election Year Gimmicks for Real Tax Relief

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…


Friday, April 8, 2022
Rep. Spain Helps Pass Legislation Ensuring Healthcare Restrictions Won’t Prevent Nursing Home Visitation

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…


Thursday, April 7, 2022
Democrats’ Budget Draft Sets a New State Spending Record

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…


Thursday, March 17, 2022
Happy St. Patrick’s Day to you and yours!

Wednesday, February 2, 2022
VIDEO: Spain: “Inflation budgets are good for governments, but they are bad for people”

“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…