Illinois State Sen. Terri Bryant (R-Murphysboro) recently announced that she had received a Champion of Free Enterprise award from the Illinois Chamber.
As Illinois residents face inflation and soaring gas prices, State Rep. Patrick Windhorst (R-Metropolis) supports permanently eliminating sales tax on gasoline in the state.
An Illinois Republican congressman joined with the Congressional Steel Caucus in submitting a letter to the House of Representatives lobbying for stronger support of Buy American policies.
The state of Illinois is releasing $4 million in project funds to begin preliminary engineering on the Cairo, Illinois, riverport project which is projected to have a significant economic impact in the Southern Illinois region.
As economic fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic led to massive spikes in demand at food banks and overwhelmed the supply chain nationwide, the Farmers to Families program was overall successful despite a scattershot approach to distribution.
When Rep. Michael Madigan (D-Chicago) was replaced as House speaker, it ended decades of political control felt in many regions, including southern Illinois.