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East Central Reporter

Monday, January 27, 2020

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From South Central Illinois News

Rep. Wilhour advocates for voter ID in wake of automatic-registration scandal

By East Central Reporter Reports | 3 hours ago

Illinois state Rep. Blaine Wilhour (R-Beecher City) contends that the Secretary of State's Automatic Voter Registration (AVR) system is one that invites the kind of confusion it is now experiencing in the aftermath of reports that nearly 600 non-citizens were mistakenly registered to vote in 2018 elections.

From SE Illinois News

Automatic registration breach is 'a slap in the face' to those who fought for the right to vote, Rep. Bailey says

By East Central Reporter Reports | 4 hours ago

A downstate lawmaker is demanding answers in the wake of a brewing controversy in which the Illinois Board of Elections has revealed that hundreds of non-citizens were mistakenly registered to vote through a program run by the Secretary of State’s office.

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Latest punchline in Illinois' much-maligned election history nothing to laugh about, Rep. Miller says

By East Central Reporter Reports | Jan 27, 2020

Just when Illinois state Rep. Chris Miller (R-Oakland) thought the state’s reputation for political corruption could not get any worse, another embarrassing voting scandal has surfaced.

From Prairie State Wire

ILGOP Chairman Schneider demands action as non-citizens were registered to vote in 2018

By East Central Reporter Reports | 4 days ago

Illinois Republican Party Chairman Tim Schneider is demanding that a state-run program that automatically registers voters be immediately suspended amid reports that non-citizens were certified and cast votes in 2018.

From South Central Illinois News

ILLINOIS STATE HOUSE DISTRICT 107: Rep. Wilhour Co-Sponors “Farmland Assessment Seminars” with Farm Bureau

By East Central Reporter Reports | 5 days ago

Rep. Wilhour Co-Sponors “Farmland Assessment Seminars” with Farm Bureau

From South Central Illinois News

Rep. Wilhour demands that Democrats stand up to corruption, Madigan

By East Central Reporter Reports | 6 days ago

State House Rep. Blaine Wilhour (R-Beecher City) wonders what it will take for Illinois Democrats to stand up to powerful House Speaker Mike Madigan (D-Chicago).

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Rep. Miller joins call for investigation; marvels at Madigan's wily ways

By East Central Reporter Reports | Jan 21, 2020

Freshmen state Rep. Chris Miller (R-Oakland) is astounded by what he considers to be the evil genius of longtime Illinois House Speaker Mike Madigan (D-Chicago).

From Chambana Sun

Pew survey ranks Illinois near the bottom for personal-income growth

By East Central Reporter Reports | 7 days ago

Illinois state Rep. Brad Halbrook (R-Shelbyville) feels taxpayers' pain when it comes to the state’s struggling economy.

From Prairie State Wire

Senate GOP Leader Bill Brady said to have voiced private support for abortion funding, gun control legislation

By East Central Reporter Reports | 10 days ago

Former high-level aides to Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner has revealed that Senate Republican Leader Bill Brady (R-Bloomington) told the then governor he was right for signing HB 40 in September 2017, the law requiring Medicaid funding of abortions. At a separate meeting, Brady also recommended that the governor sign gun control bills should they reach his desk.

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Rep. Bailey outraged over 'rape in Champaign' email authored by Madigan ally

By East Central Reporter Reports | Jan 17, 2020

Freshmen state Rep. Darren Bailey (R-Xenia) has joined the growing ranks of lawmakers demanding a full investigation into longtime House Speaker Mike Madigan (D-Chicago) after a 2012 email recently surfaced connecting a close Madigan associate to a purported rape cover-up.

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Charles Heuerman donates $1,000 to Blaine Wilhour's election campaign

By East Central Reporter Reports | Jan 16, 2020

Charles Heuerman donated $1,000 to Republican Blaine Wilhour's election campaign committee, Citizens For Blaine Wilhour, on Jan. 16, according to records obtained from the Illinois State Board of Elections (ISBE).

From Chambana Sun

ILLINOIS STATE SENATE DISTRICT 51: Senate passes bill to protect high-paying jobs and airplane service to Champaign-Urbana

By East Central Reporter Reports | 12 days ago

The Illinois Senate has advanced important legislation to protect at least 150 local high-paying jobs and the number of flights into and out of Champaign-Urbana, according to State Sen. Chapin Rose (R-Mahomet).

From South Central Illinois News

Property tax task force seems to have achieved its purpose, Rep. Wilhour laments

By East Central Reporter Reports | 12 days ago

Illinois state Rep. Blaine Wilhour (R-Beecher City) argues that few in Springfield are surprised that the Property Tax Relief Task Force assembled by Gov. J.B. Pritzker fall woefully short of its stated goal.

From Macon Reporter

Census data, Rep. Halbrook agree – Taxes driving wealthiest Illinoisans away

By East Central Reporter Reports | 13 days ago

A downstate Illinois lawmaker argues that nothing about Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s progressive income tax plan adds up, unless you count all of the state's highest earners packing up and leaving.

From SE Illinois News

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

By East Central Reporter Reports | 14 days ago

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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Rep. Miller: Progressive tax systems are optional for the rich, painful for the rest

By East Central Reporter Reports | Jan 13, 2020

A Downstate Illinois lawmaker is fuming over what he considers to be self-inflicted wounds on state government as a result of its own tragically flawed policies.

From South Central Illinois News

ILLINOIS STATE HOUSE DISTRICT 107: Effingham Chamber Hosts White House Advisor at Luncheon

By East Central Reporter Reports | 16 days ago

Effingham Chamber Hosts White House Advisor at Luncheon

From Metro East Sun

Sen. Plummer's farm-equipment bill rises to top of new crop of state laws

By East Central Reporter Reports | 19 days ago

Freshmen Illinois state Sen. Jason Plummer (R-Edwardsville) is grateful for the praise his bill eliminating registration fees for certain farming equipment is drawing as one of the most sensible of more than 250 new laws enacted on Jan. 1.

From Macon Reporter

Rep. Halbrook, Wirepoints lament fact that none of state's new laws address the most critical issues

By East Central Reporter Reports | 19 days ago

Illinois state Rep. Brad Halbrook (R-Shelbyville) complains that not a single one of the 250-plus new laws that went into effect on Jan. 1 will help the state correct any of its most troubling issues.

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Linda Miller donates $1,500 to Daren Bailey's election campaign

By East Central Reporter Reports | Jan 8, 2020

Linda Miller donated $1,500 to Republican Daren Bailey's election campaign committee, Bailey for Illinois, on Jan. 8, according to records obtained from the Illinois State Board of Elections (ISBE).