Five DuPage House Republicans join Democrats to back local gun store ban
Five DuPage House Republicans, including House GOP Leader Jim Durkin, voted Tuesday for a measure Illinois' independent local gun stores say would put them out of business.
Five DuPage House Republicans, including House GOP Leader Jim Durkin, voted Tuesday for a measure Illinois' independent local gun stores say would put them out of business.
Incumbent Rep. Jim Durkin (R-Western Springs) raised $505 per vote cast for him in the 82nd House District Republican primary race last week compared to challenger Mickey Straub's $547 per vote, according to the Illinois Campaign for Political Reform.
Mickey Straub feels all his hard work is on the verge of paying off.
Straddling the DuPage and Kane County border, Illinois’ 49th House District is more than 50 miles from Chicago’s 14th Ward, on the city’s southwest side.
Illinois township governments' opposition to a property tax freeze, including a now-defeated amendment that would have required voter referendums on such freezes in most counties, is predictable, said the Burr Ridge village mayor.
The DuPage GOP is reminding voters that candidate petitions must be signed, notarized and turned in soon.
More than 500 Lemont-area residents came to a recent jobs fair hosted by Rep. David Olsen (R-Downers Grove) House Minority Leader Jim Durkin (R-Western Springs), and many of them left smiling, according to a press release from Olsen.
The more things change, the more they stay the same, DuPage GOP Chairman Brian Krajewski said in a recent press release.
Political gamesmanship by the Democratically controlled General Assembly might end up costing schools across the state funding for the year, Rep. Peter Breen (R-Lombard) contended recently.
Two Downers Grove Republicans are taking Illinois' jobless woes into their own hands, at least in DuPage County, according to a press release.
Senate President John Cullerton (D-Chicago) is getting a failing grade in the eyes of House Minority Leader Jim Durkin (R-Western Springs).
House Minority Leader Jim Durkin (R-Western Springs) attacked Democrats on Wednesday for in effect forcing Gov. Bruce Rauner to call a second special legislative session this summer, this time to deal with education funding.
The sudden Democratic silence on an education funding bill speaks volumes, House Minority Leader Jim Durkin (R-Western Springs) said on Wednesday.
Two years of legislative hard work and negotiations on a state budget ended in failure, Illinois House Minority Leader Jim Durkin (R-Western Springs) suggested recently.