It’s the final day of the spring legislative session today where we are expected to vote on Democrats’ proposed budget and more. Follow along with House floor debate live starting at 11:00 AM at https://ilga.gov/houseaudvid.asp

Late last night, House Democrats called a series of new crime bills to try to distract from the damaging SAFE-T Act they passed last year over the objections of law enforcement…

Happy 100th Anniversary to the Illinois State Police! Rep. Frese was proud to mark the milestone Tuesday at the Capitol with Director Brendan Kelly and Troopers. The celebration in the…

State Representative Randy Frese today said he was not surprised by the announced federal indictment of former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan.  Rep. Frese (R-Paloma) stressed that it’s past time…

Yesterday, former longtime Democratic Speaker of the House, Michael J. Madigan was indicted on federal racketeering conspiracy and bribery charges following a federal probe into political corruption in the state…

The Illinois Supreme Court has declined to hear Governor Pritzker’s appeal to keep his school mask mandate in place. The mask mandate will officially be lifted on Monday. Read more here.

The House is back in session today starting at noon. We are scheduled to be in Springfield for the rest of the week as we approach the committee deadline for…

After watching the Governor’s combined budget/state of the state address today, State Representative Randy Frese said he was disappointed that Governor Pritzker once again delivered a political stump speech rather…

Governor Pritzker will deliver his annual budget address today at noon. You can watch the address live here.