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Rezin: 'Important legislation should be vetted and given proper time'

By Glenn Minnis | Oct 31, 2021

Veteran state Sen. Sue Rezin (R-Morris) is leery of the vibe she’s getting heading into veto session week in Springfield.

'Seriously frustrating': Batinick speaks out against the changes to the Healthcare Right of Conscience Act

By Glenn Minnis | Oct 30, 2021

Veteran state Rep. Mark Batinick (R-Plainfield) has no doubt he speaks for the masses in standing against any amendments being made to the Health Care Right of Conscience Act.“Yesterday evening, I spoke on an amendment to the Health Care Right of Conscience Act,” Batinick recently posted on Facebook.

Batinick on bill limiting executive orders: 'We’re meant to have legislative input for a reason'

By Glenn Minnis | Oct 30, 2021

House Republican Floor Leader Mark Batinick (R-Plainfield) is joining his Republican colleagues in pushing for legislation that would limit a governor's ability to extend executive orders.

Rezin: 'This issue goes beyond the typical pro-life vs. pro-choice debate'

By Glenn Minnis | Oct 23, 2021

Republican Senate deputy leader Sue Rezin (R-Morris) is sounding the alarm about the Democratic-led movement to repeal the Parental Notice of Abortion Act (PNA) of 1995.

Rezin: 'Parents could soon be left in the dark about their child's abortion'

By Glenn Minnis | Oct 20, 2021

State Sen. Sue Rezin (R-Morris) is warning her constituents that Democratic lawmakers are working to repeal the Parental Notification of Abortion Act (PNA).

Rezin: Pritzker 'has now broken his promise to the people of Illinois twice'

By Glenn Minnis | Oct 6, 2021

State Sen. Sue Rezin (R-Morris) wants voters to be clear about the kind of state government she argues Gov. J.B. Pritzker seems to want for them.

Illinois judge orders ISBE to temporarily reinstate recognition for Parkview Christian Academy as matter of consistency

By Glenn Minnis | Oct 2, 2021

A Kendall County judge has ordered the Illinois State Board of Education to temporarily reinstate Parkview Christian Academy's state recognition, which was revoked after the school refused to comply with state masking mandates.

District scrambles as Oswego bus drivers, monitors call out

By Glenn Minnis | Sep 29, 2021

District 308 school officials in Oswego were recently forced to turn to remote learning for some students after roughly one-third of the area’s school bus drivers and monitors called out of work.

Rezin congratulates Tangled Roots Brewing's showing at Great American Beer Festival

By Glenn Minnis | Sep 27, 2021

State Sen. Sue Rezin (R-Morris) is congratulating Ottawa-based Tangled Roots Brewing after the company that produces its own hops and barley placed third in a recent Great American Beer Festival category.

Illinos' Rezin questions 'arbitrary' enforcement of ISBE mask mandates, despite not being required

By Glenn Minnis | Sep 25, 2021

ISBE doesn't have to enforce contentious Illinois school mask mandate

Rezin says energy bill 'preserves thousands of jobs'

By Glenn Minnis | Sep 19, 2021

State Sen. Sue Rezin (R-Morris) says the new energy bill signed into law by Gov. J.B. Pritzker will preserve Illinois' nuclear plants and the jobs they provide.

Rezin: Energy bill will 'keep thousands of good-paying jobs in our state'

By Glenn Minnis | Sep 3, 2021

The Illinois state Senate has pushed through legislation supporters argue stands to breathe new life into the state’s struggling energy industry.

Loughran Cappel: Financial literacy bill will 'address critical gaps in our curriculum'

By Glenn Minnis | Aug 22, 2021

A bill sponsored by veteran state Sen. Meg Loughran Cappel (D-Shorewood) aimed at increasing students' level of financial literacy has been signed into law.

Rezin: 'We must keep our nuclear fleet open'

By Glenn Minnis | Aug 15, 2021

With a pair of area nuclear plants scheduled to be shut down over the next three months, a group of Republican lawmakers is doing all it can to save residents' jobs.

Rezin on mask mandate: 'We need our state government to empower and support our local officials'

By Glenn Minnis | Aug 8, 2021

State Sen. Sue Rezin (R-Morris) says that she is in complete lockstep with the other Republican lawmakers now blasting Gov. J.B. Pritzker over his newly imposed universal mask mandate for public and private school students.

Oswego 308 school board suggests they don't work for the public, don't appreciate receiving threats via email

By Glenn Minnis | Jul 19, 2021

Oswego School District 308 board members had two messages for attendants at a recent school board meeting: They don't directly work for the public, and they don't appreciate receiving threats via email.

Rep. Batinick recognizes nephew serving in the Indiana National Guard

By Glenn Minnis | Jun 17, 2021

Veteran state Rep. Mark Batinick (R-Plainfield) recently rose on the House floor to salute his 17-year-old nephew who recently joined the National Guard.

Welter: 'Crucial weeks passed by with no reponse' as 36 veterans died

By Glenn Minnis | May 13, 2021

State Rep. David Welter (R-Morris) wants to see accountability across the board in the wake of the LaSalle Veterans' Home COVID-19 outbreak that left 36 dead.

Bailey: 'We have a God-sized problem in Illinois and I believe God is going to give us a God-sized solution'

By Glenn Minnis | Apr 14, 2021

State Sen. Darren Bailey (R-Louisville) feels prayer will need to play a big role in any renaissance for Illinois.

Batinick: We want to ‘stop someone from being on the pension board and immediately going to work for that board’

By Glenn Minnis | Mar 29, 2021

State Rep. Mark Batinick (R-Plainfield) is pushing a bill that would amend the General Provisions Article of the Illinois Pension Code to restrict certain individuals from being employed by a pension fund and certain other businesses for a designated period of time.

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