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Saturday, April 21, 2018
National Prescription Drug Take Back Day

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,…


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,…


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…


Friday, April 6, 2018
McCombie Present as Elkay Manufactures Its 6 Millionth Water Cooler

Today, Rep. McCombie was present at Elkay, in Savanna, an American-owned and operated manufacturer of drinking fountains and bottling filling stations is proud to announce the production of their 6…


Wednesday, April 4, 2018
‘Zachary’s Law’ Scheduled to be Heard in Committee

On Monday, April 9th HB 4588 is scheduled to be heard in the Judicial-Criminal Committee Springfield, IL – State Representative Tony McCombie’s (IL-71st) common sense gun control measure effecting parole…