The adverse opinion issued recently by the Illinois Auditor General’s office of its compliance audit of the Department of Children and Family Services deals not only with certain financial irregularities […]
In April, I was appointed to be a representative of the House Republican caucus on an “Agreed Bill Committee,” which is a device used by labor and the business community […]
Illinois National Guard troops are not expected to rescue Woodstock School District 200 from its critical shortage of bus drivers. That was the assessment of state Rep. Steve Reick, who […]
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