ETHICS/CORRUPTION Bipartisan Group of Legislators Call for Ethics Reform.  Amidst ongoing public corruption investigations entangling multiple layers of Illinois government, Assistant House Minority Leader Grant Wehrli and a group of…

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…

State Representative Andrew Chesney joined his colleagues in co-sponsoring legislation to create an Ethics Reform Task Force to assess current laws, study best practices, and propose legislation to ensure Illinois…

GENERAL ASSEMBLY Fall veto session set to begin in Springfield.  The lawmakers of the Illinois House will gather on Monday, October 28, to consider new business and take action on…

You cannot address budgetary reform in Illinois without addressing pension reform.  You cannot address high property taxes in Illinois without addressing pension reform.  You cannot understand the push by the…

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…