Illinois State House Representatives
Recent News About Illinois State House Representatives
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Haas visits the Lincoln’s Challenge Academy with colleagues
Rep. Jackie Haas (R-Kankakee) and other House members went for a helicopter ride to the Lincoln’s Challenge Academy campus on April 1.
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Haas bill pushes for dyslexia screening in schools
State Rep. Jackie Haas (R-Kankakee) is hoping schools will soon be required to provide early dyslexia screening to determine whether students have characteristics of the learning disability.
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Welter thanks Alford for 38 years of service
State Rep. David Allen Welter (R-Morris) recently congratulated Diane Alford on her retirement from Kendall Grundy Community Action (KGCA) where she worked for 38 years.
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Pledge of Allegiance Day commemorated
Since 1945, Dec. 28 has been recognized as Pledge of Allegiance Day after Congress voted to formally celebrate the day.
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Haas: Democratic redistricting hearings 'were nothing short of a sham'
State Rep. Jackie Haas (R-Kankakee) decried what she claimed is Democratic lawmakers’ eschewing a bipartisan effort to craft Illinois’s new redistricting map.
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Lauf: 'Parents should decide if their child wears a mask, not Springfield'
Republican Congressional candidate Catalina Lauf argues the more Gov. J.B. Pritzker gets his way, the more the COVID-19 crisis seems to grow in Illinois.
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Haas celebrates controversial, 'long overdue' Kankakee pipeline bill reaching governor's desk
A bill that's causing controversy in a village outside Kankakee over a proposed natural gas pipeline is heading to Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s desk.
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Illinois GOP legislators, supporters pushing for changes following final approval of criminal justice reform
Legislators and stakeholders who opposed the criminal justice reform bill are looking to modify the recently signed policy more to their liking.