This Week in Springfield:  Legislative Update:  The Illinois House was away from Springfield for the first two weeks of April but reconvened last week from Tuesday through Thursday.  With just…

This Week in Springfield:  Legislative Update:  This week, the Illinois House met Tuesday through Friday in Springfield for a full week of committees and votes. Many of the bills that…

This Week in Springfield:  Legislative Update:  This past week, the Illinois House met Tuesday through Thursday in Springfield. We began considering bills before the entire House and there were 39…

This Week in Springfield:  Legislative Update:  This week, the Illinois House met Tuesday through Friday in Springfield. Our main emphasis was on committee meetings, as Friday originally marked the deadline…

Legislative Update:  This week, the Illinois House and Senate met in Springfield Tuesday through Thursday with full committee schedules. I participated in committee hearings this week for the Elementary &…

This Week in Springfield:  Legislative Update:  This week, the Illinois House and Senate met in Springfield Tuesday through Thursday to begin considering legislation in committees. After the deadline passed last…

This Week in Springfield:  Legislative Update:  This week, the Illinois House and Senate met in Springfield for what is traditionally considered the beginning of the substantive legislative session. On Wednesday…

Legislative Update: COVID and Conscience The Health Care Right of Conscience Act (HCRCA) protects individuals’ ability to cite a “sincerely held set of moral convictions arising from belief in and…

The Woodstock Independent Published July 13, 2021 By Steve Reick When the Illinois House convened in January, for the first time in 38 years, Michael J. Madigan did not preside…

It’s hard to believe that at the beginning of the year, lawmakers met in Springfield’s BOS Center to adequately maintain “social distance” due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Needless to say,…