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Wednesday, February 1, 2017
Local lawmakers upset over Lisa Madigan’s actions

By Brian Robbins, State Capitol Bureau Rep. C.D. Davidsmeyer, R-Jacksonville, views the maneuver of Madigan, daughter of Democratic House Speaker Mike Madigan, as purely political. “I thought we were past…


Monday, January 30, 2017
Davidsmeyer Reacts to Attorney General Filing

By Zac Coffman on January 27 at 12:40pm Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan has filed a new lawsuit that would stop paychecks for state employees. Yesterday Madigan filed a motion…


Monday, January 9, 2017
First step for the new legislature next week: Electing leaders

From ILLINOIS NEWS NETWORK The new class of state legislators will be sworn in next week and one of the first orders of business is who will lead each chamber….


Tuesday, January 3, 2017
Taxpayers Fiscal Charter

Davidsmeyer Offers a Fiscal Charter By Gary Scott A local state representative has offered what he calls a taxpayer’s fiscal charter to those frustrated by the lack of a state…


Monday, December 19, 2016
State Fair Survey

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…


Monday, December 5, 2016
Labor and Management Agree on Emergency Relief for Steel Mill Workers

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…


Friday, November 18, 2016
New Illinois license plate design unveiled

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…


Thursday, June 16, 2016
Part of U.S. 67 near Jacksonville formally designated “Dick Rawlings Memorial Highway”

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…


Thursday, May 26, 2016
Davidsmeyer sends letter to Governor and Union Leader

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…


Friday, May 20, 2016
Rep. Davidsmeyer Advances Memorial Resolution for Officer Fitzgerald

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…