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Plummer: COVID policies 'failed to protect the most vulnerable among us'
Sen. Jason Plummer (R-Vandalia) has called out Illinois’ coronavirus policies.
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Plummer introduces bill to prevent Pritzker from paying staff with private money
After learning Gov. J.B. Pritzker has been personally paying his staff members on top of their state salaries, Sen. Jason Plummer (R-Vandalia) wrote a bill to prevent such an arrangement.
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Rose supports efforts to protect police, families 'impacted by the growing crime/murder problem in this state'
Sen. Chapin Rose took to the Senate floor to share the life of a friend who died in the line of duty.
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Rose: 'They've had $16 billion over the last two years and they couldn't fix this'
Sen. Chapin Rose (R-Decatur) says the governor's and his Democratic colleagues' plan to pay off only a portion of the state's unemployment insurance trust fund debt is shortsighted.
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Plummer announces election bid; 'I’m proud to work hard on behalf of Southern Illinois and the Metro East'
Sen. Jason Plummer (R-Vandalia) recently announced he is running for election for the newly drawn 55th District Senate seat in the upcoming June 28 election.
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Rose: Explanation of bill is 'the most interesting piece of arcane knowledge that I’ve achieved today'
A bill establishing a 'foreign fireboard' aroused the curiosity of Sen. Chapin Rose (R-Decatur).
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Bailey co-sponsors bill to limit state tax on gasoline: 'People are struggling'
Sen. Darren Bailey (R-Louisville) is co-sponsoring a bill to limit state taxes placed on gasoline in an effort to slow rising prices at the pump.
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Rose: 'How many more people need to be murdered before the Democrats in this building do something?'
State Sen. Chapin Rose (R-Decatur) recently joined his Republican colleagues at a press conference to urge the repeal of last year's SAFE-T Act and to promote their own criminal reform measures.
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Bailey reacts to Pritzker's state of the state address, proposed budget: 'A slap in the face'
Illinois gubernatorial candidate Darren Bailey (R) reacted to Gov. J.B. Pritzke’s state of the state and budget address last week, calling for serious reform in the state’s tax policies.
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Rose needles Pritzker after mask mandate lifted: '94% of school districts had already walked away from you'
Sen. Chapin Rose (R-Champaign) on Feb. 26 took to Facebook to needle Gov. J.B. Pritzker (D) for lifting his mask mandate well after courts had already instructed him to do so.
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Bailey makes campaign promise: 'I will repeal all of Pritzker's mandates'
State Sen. Darren Bailey's (R-Louisville) gubernatorial campaign seemed emboldnened by Sangamon County Judge Raylene Grischow's temporary restraining order on mask mandates in certain schools.
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Plummer questions how much money was lost due to unemployment fraud
State Sen. Jason Plummer (R-Edwardsville) has called out Gov. J.B. Pritzker (D-IL) on unemployment fraud in the state and the amount of money lost because of it.
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Rose calls Pritzker's proposed budget 'disconnected from reality'
Illinois State Sen. Chapin Rose (R-Mahomet) believes Gov. J.B. Pritzker's (D-IL) latest budget proposal resembled those under ex-Governor Rod Blagojevich because it's "so completely disconnected from reality."
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Plummer thanks community for support after tornado
Sen. Jason Plummer (R-Vandalia) took to social media to thank the community for its support after six people were killed when an Amazon delivery station in Edwardsville was struck by a tornado.
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Rose criticizes Pritzker, Welch, Harmon for Europe trip while 'inflation, COVID and crime continue to surge!'
State Sen. Chapin Rose (R-Decatur) seems to think Democratic state leaders would be wise to deal with the many issues at home before venturing off to conquer other parts of the globe.
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Plummer on future of his district: 'The maps are in court so no one knows what will happen'
State Sen. Jason Plummer (R-Vandalia) is hoping his potential loss will be colleague Sen. Steve McClure’s (R-Jacksonville) gain.
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Plummer co-sponsors bill making it a felony to give or sell guns to felons
Sen. Jason Plummer (R-Vandalia) has co-sponsored a bill criminalizing the selling of guns to convicted felons.
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Plummer: Judges defeated Democrats' 'naked power grab'
Republican state Sen. Jason Plummer (R-Vandalia) is reveling in what he views as a win for Illinois voters.
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Bailey seeking interns for gubernatorial campaign
State Sen. Darren Bailey (R-Louisville) is seeking interns for his 2022 run for governor.
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Plummer on redistricting: 'No one trusts the committee'
Republican state Sen. Jason Plummer (R-Vandalia) didn’t mince words in his recent Senate Redistricting Committee hearing with Cook County Circuit Clerk Iris Martinez after she sought to defend lawmakers' handling of map redistricting.