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Thursday, May 3, 2018
Rep. McCombie Co-Sponsored Initiatives Pass House

HB 5749 increases farm truck weight limits and HB 4771 provides critical consumer protections to the long-term care application process  Springfield, IL – Rep. McCombie’s co-sponsored initiatives, HB 5749 which…


Wednesday, May 2, 2018
New Funding Available for the Creation of Community-Based Supportive Housing

The Illinois Housing Development Authority is now accepting applications under the Permanent Supportive Housing (PSH) Development Program to fund developments serving special needs populations and persons with disabilities, including residents who…


Sunday, April 29, 2018
State Rep. Tony McComBEE BUZZ: Legislative Update

Blue Collar Jobs Act would put Illinois workers back on the job.  Rep McCombie has co-sponsored the Blue Collar Jobs Act, House Bill 5864, which was introduced by Rep. Keith…


Thursday, April 26, 2018
Rep. McCombie Co-Sponsors ‘Blue Collar Jobs Act’

Legislation would put Illinois workers back on the job and is supported by labor and business  Springfield, IL – State Rep. Tony Mccombie co-sponsored House Bill 5864, the Blue Collar…


Monday, April 23, 2018
McCombie BUZZ – Legislative Update

Independent Redistricting Reform.Illinois House Republican Leader Jim Durkin, along with all members of the House Republican Caucus, has filed a resolution demanding an independent redistricting reform solution. House Resolution 995…


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…


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,…


Friday, April 13, 2018
Rep. McCombie Advocates for State Worker Protections in Committee

After DCFS worker Pam Knight was brutally beaten to death last fall, Rep. McCombie drafted legislation to give DCFS and Adult Protective Service employees the same protections that our police,…