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Miller says 'fair tax' isn't fair
House Rep. Chris Miller (R-Oakland) said the Democrats' "fair tax" is far from being fair.
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Southern Illinoisans 'will be hit harder' by gas tax, Rep. Bailey says in opposition of House Bill 391
A Clay County Republican in Illinois' state House said recently that he opposes a measure currently making its way through the General Assembly that could more than double Illinois' gas tax by this summer.
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Pritzker's graduated tax proposal 'not good public policy nor good economics,' Rep. Bailey says
A Clay County Republican in Illinois' state House said recently that he's already hearing from constituents about just how hard the graduated-rate state income tax proposal now being considered in that chamber will hit them.
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Halbrook vows to 'fight this assault on taxpayers'
Working families and employers in Illinois are going to suffer if the Democrats' "strong-armed passage" of a graduated-rate state income tax makes it through the House, a downstate Republican legislator warned in a recent press release.
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Rep. Halbrook opposes abortion legislation, but no comment yet about Pappas' alleged remark
Illinois state Rep. Brad Halbrook (R-Shelbyville) is against an abortion bill he calls "extreme," but apparently does not want to comment on a Democratic lawmaker's alleged recommendation to use castration to reduce abortion numbers.
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From Metro East Sun
Pritzker's property tax scandal 'leaves the whole state with a black eye,' says Sen. Plummer
Illinois State Sen. Jason Plummer (R-Edwardsville) says Illinois’ reputation will continue to suffer as long as we have news like Gov. J.B. Pritzker being under federal investigation for an alleged tax scheme.
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From South Central Illinois News
For first-year Rep. Wilhour, Pritzker investigation in line with state's 'rich heritage of corruption'
First-year state Rep. Blaine Wilhour (R-Beecher City) finds Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker to be a total hypocrite.
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Rep. Miller hopes voters will have last word about Pritzker's scheme, even if legal system fails
State Rep. Chris Miller (R-Oakland) fails to see how Gov. J.B. Pritzker can continue to have the nerve to ask Illinois voters for a blank check under the present circumstances.
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Democrats' lack of specifics about tax plan suggests to Rep. Miller a potential repeat of 2017
Illinois State Rep. Chris Miller (R-Oakland) thinks there’s a good reason why Democrats are unwilling to go on record with the most important details about Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s graduated income tax proposal.
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Republican State Rep. Miller claims Dems' 'Green New Deal is a raw deal for Southern Illinois'
Republican state Rep. Chris Miller (R-Oakland) views Chicago Democrats' push for the "Green New Deal" as a misguided attack on gas and oil that will harm the people of his community.
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Proposed gas-tax hike is a non-starter for Miller
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From Chambana Sun
Caulkins explains his positions on proposed legislation, citing 'government overreach'
Republican state Rep. Dan Caulkins (Decatur) expressed his disdain for government overreach in a March 15 press release highlighting some of the latest developments in Springfield.
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State Rep. Miller says policies out of Springfield only work for those 'living in the Land of Oz'
Much to his dismay, state Rep. Chris Miller (R-Oakland) admits that the trend that has most defined his early time in Springfield will most likely not be changing anytime soon.
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Wilhour favors structural reform over a penny sales tax to help fund education in Effingham County
Effingham is one of several Illinois counties considering a 1-cent sales tax in next month's election, but freshman Rep. Blaine Wilhour (R-Beecher City) recently told a local newspaper that the state needs to do a better job funding school districts.
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Jobs and families will suffer the consequences of Pritzker's progressive tax plan, warns Rep. Miller
State Rep. Chris Miller (R-Oakland) says he feared things would come to this.
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Bailey on Pritzker's budget: Taxing e-cigs, expanding gambling 'not sound economic principles'
Republican state Rep. Darren Bailey (R-Louisville) thinks Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s new budget proposal amounts to one giant crapshoot.
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From Chambana Sun
GOP Rep. Caulkins claims pension plan far from fiscally sound
Newly elected Republican State Rep. Dan Caulkins (R-Decatur) thinks he knows why things have become so dysfunctional in Springfield.
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Halbrook calls out pay hikes for government employees
Sate Rep. Brad Halbrook (R-Shelbyville) thinks new Gov. J.B. Pritzker's moving to gift senior members of his staff with a 15 percent pay raise while also doubling the salaries for his top 20 staffers as one of his first acts of governance amounts to a smack in the face to taxpayers.
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Halbrook: Illinois should get rid of Chicago
Veteran downstate Rep. Brad Halbrook (R-Shelbyville) wants to give lawmakers in Chicago the one thing they claim to want most.
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Miller says lawmakers need to face economic realities
State Rep. Chris Miller (R-Oakland) says he cannot figure out why it is so hard for lawmakers in Springfield to internalize what everyone else in the state already seems to know.