State Rep. Jeanne Ives (R-Ill.)
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Recent News About State Rep. Jeanne Ives (R-Ill.)
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Ives: Decision to overide SB 9 will only keep feeding big government
State Rep. Jeanne Ives (R-Wheaton) expressed disappointment after ten of her fellow Republicans voted to override a budget bill vetoed by the governor
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Ives argues Illinois needs jobs, not tax hike that hurts hard workers
Rep. Jeanne Ives (R-Wheaton) called the tax hike measure that passed the House on Sunday evening the “wrong plan at the wrong time,” asserting that it does little to help taxpayers.
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Ives on legislative committees: Nice work if you don't have to do it
Every Illinois legislator who heads a subcommittee is paid an additional $10,326 per year -- even if the panel never meets, according to Rep. Jeanne Ives (R-Wheaton).
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Ives decries Senate budget bill as 'death knell for Illinois'
Rep. Jeanne Ives (R-Wheaton) urged the rejection of a Senate-proposed budget bill on Friday as Illinois headed toward an unprecedented third year without a budget.
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Ives rejects property tax bill that offers only 'fake reform'
There's no such thing as property tax reform that doesn't address the underlying causes of high property taxes, Rep. Jeanne Ives (R-Wheaton) argued on Wednesday in voting against Senate Bill 484.
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Ives cheers 'unique,' 'smart' move to build school without taxing residents
Rep. Jeanne Ives (R-Wheaton) on Monday praised the ingenuity behind a Senate bill that would allow a school district to consolidate two of its schools without adding to the taxpayers' burden.
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Ives takes union to task over Juvenile Justice worker's PAC fundraising
Rep. Jeanne Ives (R-Wheaton) doesn't think the punishment fits the crime in the case of James Winburn, an employee of the state Department of Juvenile Justice (DJJ) who was fined $1,000 for soliciting political contributions to a public employee union-funded political action committee (PAC) recently.
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Ives demands consideration of long-delayed property tax measure
Rep. Jeanne Ives (R-Wheaton) asked the House on Thursday why her proposal to examine property taxes has yet to see a vote.
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Ives applauds Rauner's words but rejects tax hike
Rep. Jeanne Ives (R-Wheaton) told the DuPage Policy Journal that while Gov. Bruce Rauner's special session address Tuesday night was filled with nice ideas, he needs to offer a more practical solution to Illinoisans.
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Ives calls on voters who want to save Illinois to oust Dems
Rep. Jeanne Ives (R-Wheaton) has a message for voters she hopes they'll carry with them when the 2018 election cycle begins.
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Ives argues workers' comp bill should make things better, not worse
The workers' compensation bill that Democrats passed late Wednesday will add another reason for businesses to flee Illinois, Rep. Jeanne Ives (R-Wheaton) said during House debate.
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Ives slams school funding measure as repeat disguised as reform
Rep. Jeanne Ives (R-Wheaton) is tired of the same promises and the same end result, she said on the House floor on Wednesday.
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Ives wants Chicago as testing ground before raising minimum wage statewide
Rep. Jeanne Ives (R-Wheaton) asked Rep. Will Guzzardi (D-Chicago) to look north before pushing for a minimum wage hike statewide.
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Ives works to defeat bill allowing noncitizens to become Illinois pharmacists
Before a House vote on a measure to allow non-U.S. citizens to become pharmacists in Illinois, Rep. Jeanne Ives (R-Wheaton) issued a warning to her colleagues:
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Ives argues wage theft bill would put business owners behind bars
Senate Bill 1720 is bad business as well as bad for business, Rep. Jeanne Ives (R-Wheaton) told her colleagues on Tuesday.
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No accountability, no money make college grant program a mistake, Ives says
Illinois can't throw more money into the pit of college grants unless it ties a string to it, Rep. Jeanne Ives (R-Wheaton) argued on Monday in decrying a bill that would create a new grant program for students who maintain a "B" average.
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Ives rips new school funding formula as worse than before
There is nothing new and improved in the school funding formula put forth by Sen. Andy Manar (D-Bunker Hill), Rep. Jeanne Ives (R-Wheaton) argues, according to a press release from her office.
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Seizure of budget bill proves Dems are blind to Illinoisans' woes, Ives argues
Rep. Jeanne Ives (R-Wheaton) admonished House Democrats on Sunday for usurping control of Senate Bill 9, a budget bill, saying doing so undermined bipartisan negotiations.
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Dems keep reaching into taxpayer pockets rather than reaching for reforms, Ives says
Senate Democrats think it's easy to reach into taxpayer pockets and pull out $5.4 billion, Rep. Jeanne Ives (R-Wheaton) said on a Chicago-based radio show following Tuesday's vote on Senate Bill 9.
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Ives helps keep 'unprepared' students from getting college guarantee
Rep. Jeanne Ives (R-Wheaton) won her fight on Tuesday to stop a measure she feared would give college admission precedence to some unprepared students as well as allow non-citizens to steal university seats.