Illinois state Rep. Dave Severin (R-Benton) | repseverin.com
Illinois state Rep. Dave Severin (R-Benton) | repseverin.com
Illinois state Rep. Dave Severin (R-Benton) recently shared a trip to the Benton Regional Office of Education's newest building project.
"Today's event in Benton was a long time in the making, and it didn't disappoint," he said on Facebook this week. "I was happy to bring Sen. Dale Fowler, Sen. Terri Bryant, and Rep. Patrick Windhorst along with school officials from Benton, Sesser, Thompsonville, West Frankfort, and Zeigler-Royalton, Rend Lake College, and the Regional Office of Education (ROE 21) to my hometown to observe the ROE's building trades class."
The Franklin County Regional Delivery System for Career and Technical Education offers a construction trades class, and there are a variety of school districts that participate; including Benton Consolidated H.S., Christopher H.S., Frankfort Community H.S., Sesser-Valier H.S., Thompsonville H.S. and Zeigler-Royalton H.S.
In recent weeks, Severin has spoken out on other topics, such as the problems he sees with the SAFE-T Act; a North Egypt News report said. He maintains that the legislation, which is scheduled to take effect on Jan. 1, will endanger "residents, police, witnesses, and victims of crime."
"If we want to ensure every neighborhood across Illinois is a safe place to live then we cannot ignore warnings from law enforcement officials and public safety experts," Severin said in the report.
Severin was first elected to the Illinois House in 2017, the House reported. His legislative experience includes serving on the Judiciary - Criminal and Mental Health & Addiction committees.
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