State Rep. Kathleen Willis (D-Bensenville) was one of seven Democrats who purposely skipped a State House committee vote Wednesday on a measure that will eliminate all penalties for parents who allow their children to repeatedly skip school.
State Sen. Pat McGuire (D-Dist. 43) has introduced a resolution that calls on the U.S. Congress to pass U.S. Rep. Bill Foster's (D-Dist. 11) Payer State Transparency Act. Foster introduced the measure in September 2014 to study how federal tax revenue provided by "payer" states is divided up among " taker" states.
State Rep. Jeanne Ives (R-IL) posted an opinion piece on her website in which she indicated the Illinois House of Representatives this spring spent nearly $1 million on stipends to 89 legislators for their work on 50 House committees.
The Illinois House of Representatives unanimously approved a resolution on Thursday that will launch a full performance audit of the College of DuPage (COD). State Rep. Jeanne Ives (R-Dist. 42) sponsored the bill, HR55, which followed the decision by the COD Board of Trustees to give outgoing COD President Robert Breuder a $763,000 severance package to secure his early departure from the presidency.
The Illinois House of Representatives adopted a bill that encourages the continued use of vaccines.