BUDGET Moody’s Analytics prepares overall State of Illinois economic forecast.  The Commission on Government Forecasting and Accountability (COGFA), the General Assembly’s nonpartisan budgetary monitoring arm, asked Moody’s Analytics to describe…

GENERAL ASSEMBLY Illinois House committees hold first hearings of new session.  Much of the session work of this week was spent in organizing the 39 standing committees of the Illinois House of…

Assistant House Minority Leader Rep. Keith Wheeler, R-Oswego, has been appointed Republican Spokesperson on the Public Utilities, Executive, and Cybersecurity, Data Analytics and IT Committees, respectively, for the 2019-2021 legislative…

GENERAL ASSEMBLY Leader Durkin, House Republicans Introduce Fair Maps Amendment.  House Republican Leader Jim Durkin announced this week that he, along with the entire House Republican caucus, has filed HJRCA 10,…

State Representative Keith Wheeler, R-Oswego, has been re-appointed Co-Chairman of the state’s legislative oversight committee of rules used to implement new and existing laws across all state agencies; the bipartisan,…

GENERAL ASSEMBLY Durkin appoints Leadership Team for 101st General Assembly.  On Wednesday, House Republican Leader Jim Durkin announced the appointment of his Leadership team for the 101st General Assembly. Congratulations to this dynamic group…

State Representative Keith Wheeler, R-Oswego, was appointed to the post of Assistant House Republican Leader today for the new 101st Illinois General Assembly. Wheeler, a 28-year small business owner and…

GENERAL ASSEMBLY Inauguration of 101st General Assembly.  The new session of the state legislature will be the first group of lawmakers to meet in Illinois’ third century.  The House elected Jim Durkin…