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Thursday, January 23, 2020

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WABASH PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH: Intro to Immigration Law and Policy

Laura Pontius is an immigration outreach attorney for Neighborhood Christian Legal Clinic, and we’ll hear from her for Intro to Immigration Law and Policy.

By Press release submission | Jan 23, 2020

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WABASH CO. HEALTH DEPARTMENT: Blood Drive/Wabash County Health Department

Grab a friend and join us, together we can change lives!

By Press release submission | Jan 23, 2020

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Rep. Bailey speaks out in favor of bill to ban private compensation of state employees

By Glenn Minnis | Jan 21, 2020

Illinois state Rep. Darren Bailey (R-Xenia) had reservations from the moment when Gov. J.B. Pritzker announced last year that he would personally double the salaries of some of his senior staffers.

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THE CITY OF HARRISBURG WATER AND SEWER DEPARTMENT: There is a boil order for Granger St from Longely

By Press release submission | Jan 17, 2020

Roosevelt St to Granger St. Webster St from Sullivan St to McHaney. Robinson St from Granger St to Jackson St.

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Rep. Bailey lauds tax credit scholarship program for local schools

By Glenn Minnis | Jan 16, 2020

Illinois state Rep. Darren Bailey (R-Xenia) is hoping families of non public-school students across the state took time on Jan. 15 to apply for scholarship funding.

From Southern Illinois News

'Bungled' task force process will not stop Rep. Windhorst from fighting for property tax reform

By Glenn Minnis | 8 days ago

Despite the wasted efforts of a governor-appointed task force created to address the state's runaway property taxes, Illinois state Rep. Patrick Windhorst (R-Harrisburg) remains determined to find a solution.

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Rep. Bailey urges GOP colleagues to be 'ready to go' in hopes of a climate change

By Glenn Minnis | Jan 13, 2020

Illinois state Rep. Darren Bailey (R-Xenia) believes the property tax relief task force recently assembled by Gov. J.B. Pritzker did exactly what it was intended to do.

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Saline among 93 Illinois counties with declining populations

By Local Labs News Service | Jan 11, 2020

Saline saw its population decrease by 995, or 4 percent, over the last decade, according to a new analysis from Wirepoints.org that is based on U.S. Census Bureau data.

From Southern Illinois News

Rep. Windhorst stands up for legal gun owners in wake of massive misappropriation of funds

By Glenn Minnis | 15 days ago

Illinois state Rep. Patrick Windhorst (R-Harrisburg) is among a growing list of legal gun-ownership supporters demanding fairer treatment in Illinois after reports that millions in funds went missing from a program meant for the state police to help facilitate gun registrations.

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Taxes, policy and complacency fueling the exodus, Rep. Bailey says

By Glenn Minnis | Jan 6, 2020

Illinois state Rep. Darren Bailey (R-Xenia) is more convinced than ever that Republicans will need to take drastic measures in order slow the nation's highest population loss over the last decade.

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1 Southeast Illinois location licensed to dispense recreational marijuana

By Local Labs News Service | Jan 2, 2020

Forty-six dispensaries throughout Illinois can sell recreational marijuana to adults as of Wednesday, including one in Southeast Illinois, according to the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation.

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Rep. Bailey suspects (poorly) hidden agenda behind gun-services misappropriations

By Glenn Minnis | Dec 30, 2019

Illinois state Rep. Darren Bailey (R-Louisville) laments the fact that he can almost predict each day's news coming out of the state's capital.

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Bailey 'proud' of law doubling fines for driving around stopped school buses

By Glenn Minnis | Dec 29, 2019

Illinois state Rep. Darren Bailey, R-Xenia, is signaling out the new law that doubles fines for motorists who drive around stopped school buses for special praise among the more than 250 set to go into effect Jan. 1.

From Southern Illinois News

Rep. Windhorst ready for action as ethics and lobbying reform task force convenes Monday in Chicago

By Glenn Minnis | 1 month ago

The first meeting of the newly created Joint Commission on Ethics and Lobbying Reform is scheduled for Monday at the Bilandic Building in Chicago, and Illinois state Rep. Patrick Windhorst (R-Metropolis) can hardly wait to get to work.

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HARRISBURG CHAMBER OF COMMERCE: We're getting ready for our 2020 Economic Forecast

By Press release submission | Dec 22, 2019

Join us February 6th, 2020 from 8:00-10:00 AM at Sheraton Harrisburg Hershey to hear an in-depth keynote presentation by Malcolm Polley.

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HARRISBURG TOWN & COUNTRY LIONS CHARITIES INC: Being a Lion is an important position

By Press release submission | Dec 22, 2019

However sometimes you just have to have fun.

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Wave of new state laws will only serve to drive more people away, Rep. Bailey says

By Glenn Minnis | Dec 17, 2019

Illinois state Rep. Darren Bailey (R-Xenia) insists the majority of his Springfield colleagues are going about things counterintuitively by continuing to fill the books with new laws that are only serving to add disorder to an already disorderly state government.

From Southern Illinois News

Rep. Windhorst urges municipalities to consider parks and recreation grants

By Glenn Minnis | 1 month ago

Illinois state Rep. Patrick Windhorst (R-Metropolis) is reminding local government units that a Parks and Recreation Family Construction Grants (PARC) deadline is fast approaching.

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Rep. Bailey hopeful that Madigan probes may lead to 'something drastic' in the way of ethics reform

By Glenn Minnis | Dec 9, 2019

With reports that federal investigators may be ratcheting up their probe of Illinois House Speaker Mike Madigan (D-Chicago), state Rep. Darren Bailey (R-Xenia) holds out greater hope for the future.

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Rep. Bailey presents centennial resolution to Illinois Chamber

By Glenn Minnis | Dec 4, 2019

Illinois Chamber of Commerce president and CEO Todd Maisch recently accepted a resolution filed by first-term state Rep. Darren Bailey (R-Xenia) honoring the organization’s 100th anniversary.