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Recent News About Illinois State Senate
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Bryant posts last-minute nominees to Prisoner Review Board
Under the heading 'Prisoner Review Board Alert, Sen. Terri Bryant (R-Murphysboro) posted some breaking news about the board on Facebook on April 8.
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Bryant on appropriations bill: 'The fact is, labor and business are not in support of the bill as it's written'
During a news conference on March 24, Sen. Terri Bryant (R-Murphysboro) gave her reasons for opposing Senate Bill 2803, the Democrats' plan to use federal COVID funds to chip away at the unemployment fund debt.
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Bryant: Bill 'responsibly addresses soaring prices at the pump'
With gas prices expected to keep rising, Sen. Terri Bryant (R-Murphysboro) is joining her colleagues to call for a limit to the state's motor fuel sales tax.
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Bryant reacts to Pritzker's proposed budget: 'The governor had a lot of new and expanded programs'
State Sen. Terri Bryant (R-Murphysboro) is weighing in on Gov. J.B. Pritzker's proposed budget.
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Bryant working to repeal criminal justice reform legislation
State Sen. Terri Bryant (R-Murphysboro) is focused on repealing the SAFE-T Act, the criminal justice reform legislation passed into law last year.
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Bryant: 'We must close the loopholes that lawmakers have used and abused over the years'
State Sen. Terri Bryant (R-Murphysboro) argues the ethics reform package now being pushed by Republicans is long past due.
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Bryant announces her support for Severin's re-election
State Sen. Terri Bryant (R-Murphysboro) has thrown her support behind a trio of Republican candidates, including state Rep. Dave Severin (R-Marion).
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Fowler: 'By investing in Illinois infrastructure we are investing in jobs'
State Sen. Dale Fowler (R-Harrisburg) views the state’s infrastructure plans as a win-win proposition.
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Bryant calls out IDPH for timing of long-term care facility visitation guidance
State Sen. Terri Bryant (R-Murphysboro) says the Illinois Department of Public Health’s (IDPH) dropped the ball in its responsibility to update care facility guidelines.
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Bryant: 'Any attempt to weaken this protection of moral convictions or religious beliefs must be stopped'
State Sen. Terri Bryant (R-Murphysboro) wants to see fairness prevail in the fight against COVID-19 mandates.
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Bryant: Repealing parental notification law will 'leave young girls with mental health issues'
Republican state Sen. Terri Bryant is imploring parents to join her in standing up for their rights by rejecting efforts to repeal the Parental Notice of Abortion Act (PNA) of 1995.
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Fowler, Bryant and Plummer to listen to constituents in Anna
State Sen. Dale Fowler (R-Harrisburg) is among a trio of Republican lawmakers now crisscrossing the downstate area for their Regional Listening Tour.
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Bryant: 'Parents have a right to be involved and to have a say in the education and wellbeing of their child'
Veteran state Sen. Terri Bryant (R-Murphysboro) is sponsoring legislation she says is as a step forward for parents who want to be part of the decision-making process when it comes to health and school mandates for their children.
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Fowler bill adds penalties to Scott's Law: 'The legislation signed today is about strengthening an already existing law'
A measure that seeks to better protect Illinois’ first responders on the road was signed into law on Aug. 12.
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Bryant says hazardous trestle coming down: 'It’s finally happening. This roadway has a demolition date'
State Sen. Terri Bryant (R-Murphysboro) feels a sense of pride knowing it’s now just a matter of days now before the Jefferson County train trestle will be only a memory.
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Bryant: Report on unemployment system 'shows that fraud and identity theft were allowed to run rampant'
Bryant: eport on unemployment system 'shows that fraud and identity theft were allowed to run rampant'
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Plummer: Extending districting process 'would allow us to use the actual census data'
Sen. Jason Plummer (R-Edwardsville) laments the lack of transparency and rushing of the redistricting process.
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Youth Advisory Council virtual event still a success ‘with 20 schools participating’
State Sen. Dale Fowler (R-Harrisburg) looks forward each year to bringing together students from across the 59th Senate District for the annual Youth Advisory Council, and his enthusiasm wasn’t dampened by having to host the event virtually this year.
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From Prairie State Wire
Republican lawmakers disappointed in governor's budget proposal
Illinois Republicans were disappointed after hearing Gov. J.B. Pritzker's budget proposal last week
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From SW Illinois News
Sen. Schimpf disappointed that Pritzker's State of the State address only told 'half the story'
Illinois state Sen. Paul Schimpf (R-Murphysboro) was disappointed that Democratic Gov. J.B. Pritzker did not discuss the most important challenges the state faces during his State of the State address last Wednesday.