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Halbrook calls out Pritzker pay hikes for government employees

SPRINGFIELD (Heartland Newsfeed) -- Illinois governor J.B. Pritzker's varied actions from the $15 minimum wage to hiking salaries for senior members of his staff with a 15 percent raise to doubling the salaries of his top 20 staffers among his first acts as the state's top official amounts nothing more than a slap in the face of the state's taxpayers. It has provoked much ire among taxpayers, Libertarians and Republicans, and among them is State Rep. Brad Halbrook. “It just […]

todayFebruary 18, 2019 5

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Miller: $15 minimum wage would be a mistake

SPRINGFIELD (Heartland Newsfeed) -- Freshman state Rep. Chris Miller is curious as to how many of his colleagues in the Illinois House of Representatives have a basic grasp on business, moreorless the basic tenets of economics. “I sometimes wonder if they know the whole concept of being in business is to make a profit for yourself,” Miller said. “On top of that, independent business owners take on the burden of going into business for themselves because they don’t want someone […]

todayFebruary 9, 2019 26

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VIDEO: State of the Union and opposition responses

(Heartland Newsfeed) -- Did you miss the State of the Union address earlier this week? We have the archives here: Video 1 State of the Union Address - Start to 1:30:09 Democratic Reponse via Stacey Abrams - 1:30:10 to End Video 2 Start to 27:53 - Independent SOTU Response from Bernie Sanders 27:54 to 36:42 - Libertarian Party SOTU Response from Riverside County, Calif. Supervisor Jeff Hewitt 36:43 to End - Green Party SOTU Response from 2012 and 2016 POTUS […]

todayFebruary 8, 2019 14

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Democrats call for ban on assault weapons in Illinois

SPRINGFIELD (Illinois News Network) -- Illinois Democrats have introduced an ambitious gun control bill that would ban the sale or unregistered possession of dozens of firearms labeled as assault weapons. Sen. Julie Morrison (D-Deerfield) introduced Senate Bill 107 Wednesday, which would prohibit a range of rifles, pistols and shotguns and require every such weapon in the state to be registered with the Illinois State Police. Owners would pay a $25 fee for that registration. A person found in possession of one of the […]

todayJanuary 24, 2019 4

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Bailey fears state government won’t keep spending in check

SPRINGFIELD (Heartland Newsfeed) -- Newly sworn-in state Rep. Darren Bailey is fearing his suspicions about what would take place in Springfield are becoming reality. “This seems to send an early example of how Gov. Pritzker plans to spend us into oblivion,” Bailey, the Republican newcomer from Xenia, stated in regards to the passage of Senate Bill 3531 during the lame duck legislative session, which increases the annual salaries of state departmental workers, associate directors and secretaries by 15 percent. “Then […]

todayJanuary 21, 2019 12

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Wheeler named assistant House GOP leader

SPRINGFIELD (Heartland Newsfeed) -- Veteran lawmaker Keith Wheeler (R-Oswego) has been appointed as an assistant GOP leader in the Illinois House of Representatives for the duration of the 101st session of the General Assembly. A resident and long-time small business owner of Kendall County, Wheeler has earned a reputation of being a staunch advocate for small businesses in the state. A business owner of 28 years, Wheeler is a former chair of the Aurora Regional Chamber of Commerce and former […]

todayJanuary 21, 2019 6

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Pritzker orders immediate jobs study for emerging industries in Illinois

SPRINGFIELD (Illinois News Network) -- Illinois' new governor wants to have a road map, by April, of where Illinois needs to invest to grow jobs in new industries and maybe in new locations. Governor J.B. Pritzker said Illinois is the fifth largest economy in the country and needs to start acting like it. He used his second full day in office to order a jobs study that will look at where Illinois is making – and should be making – […]

todayJanuary 18, 2019 6

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Polls: Majority oppose border wall, blame Donald Trump for shutdown

WASHINGTON (UPI) -- The majority of Americans oppose additional funding for the border wall along Mexico and blame President Donald Trump for the subsequent partial government shutdown, according to separate CNN and ABC/Washington Post polls released Sunday. As the shutdown enters its 23rd day -- the longest in history -- 55 percent said Trump is more responsible for the shutdown compared with 32 percent who say the blame rests mostly with the Democrats, according to CNN poll. Nine percent say […]

todayJanuary 13, 2019 5

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Lawmakers again elect Madigan as House Speaker

SPRINGFIELD (Illinois News Network) -- For the 18th time in the past 36 years, members of the Illinois House selected state Rep. Michael Madigan to serve as speaker, giving the Chicago Democrat broad authority over everything from committee assignments to which bills get called for a vote. Madigan is longest-serving state legislative leader in the United States. He's had the gavel in the House for all but two years since 1983. Madigan also has been chairman of the state Democratic Party […]

todayJanuary 9, 2019 7

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