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Tuesday, August 19, 2025
McCombie’s Newest Law Promotes STEM Opportunities

This spring, Illinois House Minority Leader Tony McCombie championed legislation in the Illinois House of Representatives aimed at empowering young students to pursue careers in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics—collectively…


Friday, August 15, 2025
McCombie Calls Pritzker’s Newest Law Hostile to Illinois Businesses

Today Governor JB Pritzker signed SB328 into law, which expands the reach of personal injury lawyers, allowing them to file suit against any business operating in Illinois that exposes individuals…


Wednesday, August 6, 2025
VIDEO: 4th Annual Sweet Corn Day

Illinois House Minority Leader held her annual Sweet Corn Day celebration on August 1st! The event brought together northwest Illinois residents to recognize just how great sweet corn is in…


Tuesday, July 29, 2025
McCombie Column: Enough Excuses, DCFS Is Failing Our Kids

Illinois’ child welfare agency—DCFS—is broken Illinois law—put in place in 1997 and strengthened in 2008—clearly mandates DCFS publicly release incident-specific reports for every child death or serious injury under its…


Friday, June 27, 2025
McCombie Announces Photo Contest Winners

Today, Illinois House Minority Leader Tony McCombie congratulated the winners of her 2025 Photo Contest. The contest encouraged area residents to submit photographs that best represent the people and places…


Friday, June 6, 2025
McCombie Backs Educational Career Opportunity for Students

Illinois House Minority Leader Tony McCombie passed legislation this spring to encourage more young people to pursue work-based learning experiences. Her bill, House Bill 2802, would amend the school code…


Friday, May 30, 2025
McCombie: Feds Continue to Clean Up the Statehouse

Illinois House Minority Leader Tony McCombie issued the following statement after federal prosecutors demanded a 12.5 year sentence and a $1.5 million fine for former Speaker Michael Madigan, who was…


Friday, May 30, 2025
McCombie Passes Bill to Help Keep Communities Safe

Illinois House Minority Leader Tony McCombie recently passed a measure to expand the eligibility of Fire Chief license plates to include Mutual Aid Box Alarm Systems (MABAS) chiefs and allow…


Wednesday, May 28, 2025
McCombie Responds to Today’s Session, 3 More Days to Go

After legislative session adjourned today in the Illinois House, Minority Leader Tony McCombie released the following statement: “Democrats spent more time extolling the virtues of violating federal immigration laws than…


Tuesday, May 20, 2025
McCombie Column: Hold Onto Your Wallets as the Spring Session Wraps Up

As the 2025 Spring Session races toward its scheduled May 31 adjournment, Illinois families, taxpayers, and job creators are anxiously watching—and with good reason. With less than two weeks left,…