Over the past 18 months, Rep. Chesney and other state legislators have been inundated with e-mails and calls from frustrated parents, job creators, concerned community members and local elected officials…

The Wall Street Journal Editorial Board published an editorial about a month ago titled, “The Fleeing Young of Illinois”. It’s worth a read and a hard look in the mirror…

As we usher in 2022, many Illinoisans turn our thoughts to accomplishments and challenges of the past year and look forward to the hope delivered by a new year. Like…

I love the Christmas season and the goodness it brings out in people throughout the world. As we celebrate the most glorious gift given us by God, I am always…

Our shared Northwest Illinois values encourage us to be blessings to our neighbors this Thanksgiving Season. Living in Northwest Illinois during the Holiday Season is really something special. For many…

State Representative Andrew Chesney (R-Freeport), acting as a member of the Illinois Legislative Sportsmen’s Caucus, presented a $500 grant to the Eastland High School Trap Team for costs related to…

In the face of a spike of murders in Freeport (five this year), including a double homicide the evening of November 18, State Representative Andrew Chesney tore into “soft-on-crime policies…

The second week of Veto Session was marred with partisan rancor over issues which the Democrats swung the pendulum, again, too far to the left due to overzealousness to their…

Just in time for the holiday season, State Representative Andrew Chesney will be hosting a Pet Rescue Fair with Friends Forever Humane Society.  The event will allow area residents to…

To say the Democrats “have taken Illinois families for granted in the past” is the understatement of the year. But now, they have openly declared war on families. Taxpayer funding…

Illinois Democrats sent legislation to Governor JB Pritzker to, “coverup abortions from parents of minor children,” announced State Representative Andrew Chesney on Wednesday in commenting on the repeal of the…