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From South Central Illinois News
Wilhour going to Springfield with 'an open mind'
State Rep. Blaine Wilhour (R-Beecher City) is warning Democrats that control doesn’t necessarily mean unity.
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Miller ready to tackle hard issues in Springfield
Newly elected state Rep. Chris Miller (R-Oakland) takes his position seriously.
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Miller: It's up to Dems to reverse state's decline
State Rep. Chris Miller (R-Oakland) uses a biblical analogy to describe Illinois almost totally being left in the hands of Democratic lawmakers.
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Miller: Only people left in Illinois will be here because they can't leave
State Rep.-elect Chris Miller laments that Illinois is becoming home to what he calls a "monolithic" population.
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Miller calls pension benefits 'legalized extortion'
State Rep.-elect Chris Miller of Oakland points to news that just over 19,000 state retirees received pension benefits totaling nearly $2.4 billion in fiscal year 2018 as yet another example of how taxpayers are victimized in Illinois.
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From Prairie State Wire
Legislature overrides some Rauner vetoes, fails on others
Illinois's outgoing Republican governor saw a few of his vetoes overridden during the Fall Veto Session in Springfield and a few new laws have been passed, a QUAD city area lawmaker said in a summary recap released last week.
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Miller likens muck in Springfield to that on his farm
Chris Miller jokes that his new job in Springfield requires too many of the same tools he uses on his downstate farm.
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From Chambana Sun
Dan Caukins wins 101st House District race
Republican Dan Caukins has been declared the winner in the 101st House District against Democrat Jennifer McMillin.
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Chris Miller wins 110th House District race
Republican Chris Miller has been declared the winner in the 110th House District against Democrat Shirley Bell.
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From South Central Illinois News
Blaine Wilhour wins 107 House District race
Republican Blaine Wilhour has been declared the winner in the 107th House District against Democrat David Seiler.
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Darren Bailey wins 109th House District race
Republican Darren Bailey has been declared the winner in the 109th House District against Democrat Cynthia Given.
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From Prairie State Wire
2018 election night preview: More competitive races now in play than in 2014
Unlike the dynamic four years ago, a majority of the Illinois House races – 56 percent – will be competitive contests pitting major party candidates during the Nov. 6 midterm election.
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From Prairie State Wire
State House election preview: Candidates square off in 66 of 118 midterm races
The number of Illinois House races being contested by major-party candidates on Nov. 6 is up 13.6 percent over the last midterm election in 2014, according to a Prairie State Wire analysis.
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From Prairie State Wire
5 GOP House candidates to discuss 'infiltrating the Springfield Machine'
Five Republican candidates who will be on November’s ballots in districts across Illinois will hold a press conference at 4:30 p.m. Thursday to answer the question “What Happens When Conservative Reformers Infiltrate the Springfield Machine?”
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Miller joins Bailey and Wilhour in bringing Oliver North to Effingham
Chris Miller, running against Democrat Shirley Bell to represent the 110th District in the Illinois House of Representatives, recently appeared with fellow Republican candidate Darren Bailey on Facebook to promote a July 19 event in Effingham where Oliver North will speak.
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Miller calls on Madigan to resign amid ongoing sex assault scandals
Chris Miller has joined fellow Republicans calling for the resignation of House Speaker Mike Madigan (D-Chicago) as the sexual assault scandal engulfing his administration shows no sign of abating.
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Effingham County Board met April 16.
Effingham County Board met Monday, April 16.
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From Prairie State Wire
16 GOP lawmakers argue against progressive income tax in Illinois
Sixteen Republican state representatives stood to oppose a progressive income tax.
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Phillips questions why House hasn't worked on returning jobs to Illinois
Rep. Reggie Phillips (R-Charleston) told the House floor about his new friend to prove a fiscal point.
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