Downstate freshmen state Rep. Darren Bailey (R-Xenia) was recently in Chicago to take part in a hearing dedicated to issues now critical to operations at the state's Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS).

Financial decay is happening at all levels of Illinois state government, according to the president of state news aggregation and research site Wirepoints.

Illinois state Rep. Darren Bailey (R-Xenia) sees Springfield lawmakers’ languishing inaction on the state’s growing pension crisis as an accident waiting to happen.

Illinois state Rep. Patrick Windhorst (R-Metropolis) is touting his persistency in working for the passage of a bill that paves the way for a task force to begin studying potential usages of the now shuttered Tamms Correctional facility.

Freshmen state Rep. Darren Bailey, R-Xenia, joined the growing parade of leaders in Springfield now calling for the resignation of state Sen. Martin Sandoval, D- Chicago, in the wake of one of his supporters engaging in a mock assassination of President Donald Trump during a recent fundraiser.

Illinois state Rep. Darren Bailey (R-Xenia) said he shudders to think of what the state of Illinois’ future could hold given its mounting pension system crisis.

State Rep. Darren Bailey (R-Xenia) argues Illinois now being home to region’s greatest number of residents on food stamps proves the state has become a magnet for all the wrong reasons.

Former state Rep. Peter Breen (R-Lombard) is leading the charge for a constitutional amendment on the 2020 ballot that would create fair legislative maps for Illinois, launching a new website today.

State Rep. Darren Bailey (R-Xenia) wants to make sure that local gun dealers and Second Amendment rights activists have their say when it comes to newly proposed rules for gun sales issued by the Illinois State Police (ISP).

Cory Musgrave, a candidate for the Illinois House of Representatives in the 109th District, said his goal is to "lead by example."

State Rep. Darren Bailey (R-Xenia) says the fact that bills like Senate Bill 075, which requires employers to provide workplace sexual harassment training, have to be enacted tells you everything you need to know about the kind of change that’s needed.

Robert Sandidge donated $1,000 to Republican Dale Fowler's election campaign committee, Fowler for Senate, on Aug. 7, according to records obtained from the Illinois State Board of Elections (ISBE).

Over the last 30 days, Illinois’ already overtaxed state-run pension systems have added at least 651 retired government workers that are projected to average $1.3 million in lifetime pension benefits, according to an Illinois Policy Institute (IPI) report.

Illinois state Rep. Darren Bailey (R-Xenia) views the recent federal corruption indictment of Sen. Thomas Cullerton (D-Villa Park) as just the latest example of the sad state of affairs in Springfield.

Illinois state Rep. Darren Bailey (R-Xenia) is convinced that two immigration bills signed into law this week by Gov. J.B. Pritzker are indicative of the Democratic Party's irrational opposition to President Donald Trump and his administration's policies.

Illinois state Rep. Darren Bailey (R-Louisville) recently spoke in support of his Republican colleague Rep. Norine Hammond (R-Macomb) after Hammond publicly condemned the practice of gerrymandering earlier this month.

Illinois GOP Chairman Tim Schneider is demanding answers from House Speaker Mike Madigan (D-Chicago) in the wake of an ongoing criminal probe where several people with close ties to the longtime Democratic leader have already been implicated.

Illinois state Rep. Darren Bailey (R-Louisville) fears for the state’s future if lawmakers in Springfield insist on maintaining their current path.

Jason Gonzales insists that his legal stand against Mike Madigan (D-Chicago) is about much more than losing a 2016 Democratic primary at the hands of the Illinois House Speaker's powerful political machine.

Sen. Dale Fowler (R-59) voted on 97 percent of the bills presented in the Illinois state Senate in May.