JOBS Illinois unemployment rate down.  A net 4,800 new Illinois payroll jobs were created in September 2019.  The jobless rate fell from 4.0% in August to 3.9% in September, signaling…

State Representative Andrew Chesney, acting as a member of the Illinois Legislative Sportsmen’s Caucus, presented a $500 grant to the Scales Mound High School Trap Team for new team jerseys…

ECONOMIC GROWTH Lawmakers join Governor to celebrate bipartisan work to attract data center construction to Illinois.  A bipartisan coalition of lawmakers joined Governor Pritzker in Chicago on Monday to discuss…

Well by now we’ve all heard the news.  Another Chicago-area lawmaker ensnared in a federal investigation with search warrants served on multiple state and local government offices in Chicago, the…

TAXES Illinois tops the list of least tax-friendly states.  Kiplinger magazine ranked Illinois as the least tax-friendly state in the United States. Illinois property taxes are second-highest nationwide among the…

Held annually on the first Friday in October, Manufacturing Day helps show the reality of modern manufacturing careers by encouraging thousands of companies and educational institutions around the nation to…

Chesney Opposes Tax Hikes on Illinois Families State Representative Andrew Chesney Voted to Oppose: Online Sales Tax Increase Gas Tax Increase Vehicle Title Fee Increase Cigarette Tax Increase E-Cigarette Tax…

GENERAL ASSEMBLY Spain named House Republican Conference Chairman.  State Representative Ryan Spain was appointed by House Republican Leader Jim Durkin to the post of House Republican Conference Chairman, joining Durkin’s…

In yet another hit to Illinois’ working middle income taxpayers, a little talked about provision of the State’s Capital Construction Funding legislation passed on the final days of Spring Session…

State Representative Andrew Chesney hosted his most recent Pizza & Politics event in Mt. Morris with Village President Dan Elsasser, Village Clerk Paula Diehl and Mt. Morris residents Rob &…