IL State Fair Initiates Survey to Improve Future Fairs Attendance at the Springfield, Illinois 2016 State Fair dropped by more than 13% on a year-to-year basis. While severe weather events…

  Illinois Department of Transportation Shares Winter Driving Tips  Be sure to keep in mind the need to drive defensively when driving near snowplowing machinery, likely spots for road ice…

Labor and management agree on unemployment insurance relief for steelworkers. Affected could be up to 2,000 workers at the Granite City Works. The mill complex makes hot-rolled sheet steel, which…

Illinois Secretary of State Jesse White announced a program to retire the State’s current motor vehicle plate design for individual motor vehicles (such as cars and light trucks).  Designs for…

U.S. 67 near Jacksonville has been formally designated the Dick Rawlings Memorial Highway. The Illinois General Assembly and Illinois Department of Transportation officially named the highway after the Morgan County…

Rep. Davidsmeyer and other House Republicans sent a letter to Governor Bruce Rauner and Roberta Lynch, AFSCME’s Executive Director, requesting both sides to return to the table for thoughtful, good-faith…

Yesterday, State Representative CD Davidsmeyer (R-Jacksonville) advanced legislation that remembers fallen South Jacksonville Police Officer Francis Scot Fitzgerald. “House Joint Resolution 138 creates a lasting memorial for Officer Fitzgerald,” said…

State Representative CD Davidsmeyer (R-Jacksonville) released the below statement on the passage of Senate Bill 2038 – emergency funding for social services. “Yesterday, we once again took a step to…

Rep. Davidsmeyer with Jerseyville High School Students. Rep. Davidsmeyer with Jerseyville Grade School Students. Rep. Davidsmeyer with Jerseyville Middle School Students. Students from Jerseyville traveled to the State House on…

Representative Davidsmeyer and Senator McCann (center) with members of the Jacksonville Area Chamber of Commerce.