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Friday, April 20, 2018
Independent Redistricting Petition

Currently, Illinois Lawmakers are allowed to draw their own district maps. Lawmakers use this power to draw gerrymandered boundaries. House Resolution 995 would remove the map-making authority from legislators and…


Thursday, April 19, 2018
Advance Illinois Holds Annual Planning Meeting

Advance Illinois held a luncheon at the Whiteside Area Career Center in Sterling, Il.  Over 50 professionals attended the luncheon and were comprised of high school administration, business owners, manufacturers,…


Tuesday, April 17, 2018
McCombie Calls for Passage of HB 4586

Springfield, IL – State Representative Tony McCombie (IL-71st) held a press conference on Tuesday, April 17, in Springfield with Don Knight, husband of slain DCFS worker Pam Knight, as well…


Monday, April 16, 2018
MetroLINK Debuts Illinois’ First public transit battery-Electric Bus Fleet

Representative McCombie attended the Rock Island County Metropolitan Mass Transit District (MetroLINK) debut of their battery-electric bus fleet at a ribbon cutting ceremony at SouthPark Mall. The public debut of…


Friday, April 13, 2018
Majority Fails to Move McCombie’s Constituent Initiatives From Committee

On Thursday, April 12th HB 4586 and HB 4588 were given hearings in the ‘Sentencing, Penalties and Criminal Procedure Subcommittee,’ but will not make it to the floor      Springfield,…


Tuesday, April 10, 2018
Majority Buries McCombie’s Constituent Initiatives in Subcommittee

On Monday, April 9th HB 4588 and HB 4586 were scheduled to be heard in the House Judicial-Criminal Committee, but they were not allowed to be voted on. Springfield, IL…


Monday, January 8, 2018
January is National Blood Donor Month

Consider giving blood, because it saves lives. Every day in the United States, doctors, and hospitals use over 36,000 units of red blood, 7,000 units of platelets and 10,000 units…


Friday, September 22, 2017
McComBEE BUZZ: Rep. McCombie’s End of Summer Legislative Update

REP. MCCOMBIE END OF SUMMER LEGISLATIVE UPDATE I wanted to send you a quick update on all that has happened in Springfield and the district this summer. It has been…


Friday, April 7, 2017
Bill Co-Sponsored by Rep. McCombie Giving Property Tax Relief to Homeowners Passes the House

Springfield…This week, legislation co-sponsored by State Rep. Tony McCombie (R-Savanna) to provide property tax relief to Illinoisans, passed the Illinois House of Representatives.   “This bill is a good start…


Wednesday, March 22, 2017
McCombie Honors Helen Scott Hay for Women’s History Month

SPRINGFIELD…State Representative Tony McCombie (IL-71st) honored Helen Scott Hay, a trailblazing nurse from Savanna, in a speech on the floor of the Illinois House of Representatives.   “In honor today…