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Legislative News from State Rep. Grant Wehrli - June 17, 2020 As America continues to respond to acts of senseless violence against people of cololastr, I am participating in a variety of meetings and discussions about how lawmakers can help promulgate change within our criminal justice system and promote equality.
The Illinois State Board of Education and Department of Public Health have announced guidelines for Illinois schools to safely return to in-person Instruction as the state advances to Phase 4 of the Governor’s Restore Illinois plan.
Lawmakers considered a mixed bag of legislation during our four-day session in May. Some measures, like legislation that provides for the automatic rollover of certain property taxpayer exemptions (senior, senior assessment freeze, disabled, etc.)
Based on a scathing compliance audit of the Illinois Department of Employment Security (IDES) that was released on July 7, State Representative Grant Wehrli (R-Naperville) is renewing his call for a deep, independent audit of an agency he claims has failed Illinoisans at every turn during the Coronavirus pandemic.
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State Representative Grant Wehrli is alerting Illinoisans to a new online scam involving people trying to pass themselves off as COVID-19 contact tracers.
Illinois State Representatives Grant Wehrli (R-Naperville), Deanne Mazzochi (R-Elmhurst), and Dan Ugaste (R-Geneva) held a video press conference on Tuesday to demand Governor JB Pritzker call the General Assembly into special session to pass badly needed ethics reforms.
Calling Speaker of the House Mike Madigan’s breach of the public trust “despicable and irreparable,” State Representative Grant Wehrli (R-Naperville) on Thursday co-sponsored legislation that seeks to officially strip Madigan of the title he has held for 35 of the last 37 years.
As the pay-to-play scheme involving ComEd and Speaker of the House Mike Madigan continues to make headlines, as of only a small handful of Democrats have joined Republicans in calling for Mike Madigan’s immediate resignation.
State Representatives Grant Wehrli (R-Naperville) and Patrick Windhorst (R-Metropolis), who serve on the Joint Commission on Ethics and Lobbying Reform, offered their reaction to a press conference held by Illinois State Senate and House Democrats touting a “new” package of ethics reform legislation.
Nearly 90 children and their families participated in a free Child ID event hosted by State Representative Grant Wehrli on August 20.
State Representative Grant Wehrli (R-Naperville) has been chosen as one of three House Republicans who will serve on a bipartisan Special Investigative Committee that will look into elements of the recently-publicized Deferred Prosecution Agreement between ComEd and the US Attorney’s Office of Northern Illinois.
The bipartisan special investigative committee met briefly to begin organizing their deliberations for an investigation into House Speaker Mike Madigan and facts contained in the deferred prosecution agreement between ComEd and the U.S. Attorney’s office of Northern Illinois.
Due to his strong advocacy in the legislature on behalf of Illinois’ job creators, State Representative Grant Wehrli has been named a “Champion of Manufacturing” by the Illinois Manufacturers’ Association (IMA).