Springfield… Wednesday evening, House Democrats advanced SB 2803, which appropriates $2.7 billion in American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funds towards the Unemployment Insurance (UI) Trust Fund. The bill that was…

October 1 marks the beginning of Domestic Violence Prevention Month in Illinois. The Illinois Domestic Violence Hotline received 28,749 calls for help in 2020. That’s a 16% increase from the…

State Representative Tony McCombie said Illinois House Democrats are “covering up Madigan’s corruption” by killing the Special Investigating Committee into Madigan’s misconduct on December 14. “By shutting down this committee,…

To choose which direction we will go, we must know where we have been. We have to admit mistakes made and more importantly, learn from them. Unfortunately, those in power…

Today, we are excited to move one step closer to that goal by issuing a competitive Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) to distribute grants to eligible community organizations and local…

Pension reform has been a hot topic in Illinois for years now. It’s a massive fiscal challenge that spends roughly 25% of our general fund and one we have yet…

Constituents Tate Downs and Kenny Boesen of St. Mary’s school were ‘Page for the Day’ for Rep. Tom Demmer, a former St. Mary’s student himself, at the Capitol in Springfield…

State Representative Tony McCombie (IL-71st) will be holding nominations to recognize the influential women of the 71st district during March which is nationally and locally recognized as Women’s History Month:…