Illinois House Minority Leader Jim Durkin
Recent News About Illinois House Minority Leader Jim Durkin
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Tax hikes not needed to balance budget, GOP says
House Republican Leader Jim Durkin (R-Burr Ridge) says that tax increases are not necessary to achieve a balanced budget for Fiscal Year 2020.
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From Prairie State Wire
IEPA orders shutdown of Sterigenics' Willowbrook facility
Months after area protesters called for the closure of Sterigenics' Willowbrook facility over allegedly elevated ethylene oxide emissions, an Illinois Environmental Protection Agency (IEPA) official earlier today ordered the facility shut down.
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Pritzker wants to follow Madigan 2017 tax hike with more increases, Durkin says
Illinois Democrat gubernatorial candidate J.B. Pritzker will follow State House Speaker Mike Madigan's huge tax hike with increases of his own if he wins in November, the ranking House Republican said earlier this week.
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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.
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From Will County Gazette
Durkin questions House priorities during debate over ivory trafficking
House Minority Leader Jim Durkin (R-Western Springs) told his peers last week that criminal penalty legislation should take precedent over restrictive wildlife rules.
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From Prairie State Wire
GOP lawmakers demand budget revenue estimate from Democrats
GOP legislative leaders want a budget revenue estimate introduced and certified by the Democrats now.
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From Prairie State Wire
House Republicans blast Democrats' progressive tax plans
Joined by three of his GOP peers, House Republican Leader Rep. Jim Durkin (R-Western Springs) made one thing clear – Democrats are about to put the nail in Illinois' coffin.
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From Prairie State Wire
Durkin threatens litigation over questions from LGIS reporters
A lawyer for House Minority Leader Jim Durkin (R-Western Springs) has threatened Local Government Information Services, which owns this publication, via two cease-and-desist letters after reporters asked questions about the legislator.
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Powerful Chicago Democrat alderman backs Zito’s west suburban GOP Statehouse bid
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.