The USDA report summarizing the production picture as of Sunday, June 11, showed less than half of Illinois’ fields have “adequate” moisture to grow the corn and soybean harvest for which seed…

The 2023 Illinois Free Fishing Days celebration is slated for June 16–19, coinciding with Father’s Day weekend. During this four-day celebration of fishing in Illinois, anglers can fish without purchasing…

Thank you to everyone who joined us for our Job Fair in Kankakee today! It was terrific to connect job seekers and employers in the 79th District.

Last Saturday, the Momence Fire Protection District held a dedication ceremony for the re-naming of their firehouse to the “James LaMotte Firehouse” for his lifetime of service to the department…

We wrapped up our legislative session on Saturday, May 27th. Pictured above is the FY24 budget we received with few hours to review before Democrats approved it. Next to it,…

Last Friday was the scheduled end of legislative session in Illinois House, but due to the Democrat majority’s failure to present a budget proposal, that scheduled adjournment has been extended….

I joined Leader McCombie and House Republican leaders on Friday in a press conference providing a budget update. We need to work together to produce a good budget for our…

Today is our scheduled adjournment for our spring legislative session this year. However, we will need to keep working past our scheduled adjournment until we pass our state budget. Please…

Did you know, Illinois is third in the nation for the number of farmers’ markets? Farmers markets connect urban, suburban, and rural communities and afford farmers and their consumers the…

This is our last week of legislative session and we are adjourning on Friday, May 19th. Please feel free to reach out to my office by calling (815) 523-7779 or…