On Monday, I joined Paris on Politics on Fox 32 Chicago to discuss and debate immigrant healthcare and its impacts on the state budget.

Today’s Woman Educator Spotlight highlights three teachers at Kewanee Central Elementary/Junior High School – Ali Philhower, Peggy Costenson, and Jennifer Vickrey. Here’s what their nominator had to say about the…

Today on the House Floor, I spoke up for women athletes and referenced a recent high school track meet in Illinois. My work will not end on this issue until…

Today’s Woman Educator Spotlight highlights Angie DeVenney, a retired third-grade teacher at Irving Elementary School in Kewanee. Here’s what Angie’s nominator had to say about the impact she has made…

Happy Mother’s Day to all the moms out there! Thank you for making all of our lives so special!

There’s only 10 days left in my annual Community Clean-Up Project, which continues through Friday, May 16! I am encouraging all to participate, including classrooms in our local schools. This…

Illinois House Democrats have proposed a number of bad bills during this Spring Session, and that includes HB 1581. This bill would completely change the higher education funding formula for…

Springfield, IL – State Representative Travis Weaver (R-Peoria) has confirmed with the Illinois Department of Natural Resources (IDNR) that funding has been secured for the first phase of the long-awaited…

Congratulations are in order to some amazing students at Kewanee High School! First, the Kewanee High Band and Choir recently won the IHSA Class A Music Sweepstakes Championship for the…

SPRINGFIELD – The Republican members of the House Revenue and Finance Committee, State Representatives Jeff Keicher (R-Sycamore), Joe Sosnowski (R-Rockford) and Travis Weaver (R-Edwards), are calling on the Illinois General…