Over the past several weeks, my colleagues and I have been drafting new legislation and determining which legislation filed in 2019 we want to prioritize for the new session. The…

Last Friday, news broke that on January 29 a search warrant conducted by the Illinois State Police (ISP) was sent to Illinois House Speaker Mike Madigan’s office to investigate alleged…

In an annual tradition, a joint session of the General Assembly listened to the State of the State address by Gov. Pritzker on Wednesday, January 29, where the Governor laid…

State Representative Tom Weber reacts to Gov. Pritzker’s State of the State Address.

Today, Governor JB Pritzker gave his State of the State address to a joint session of the 101st General Assembly. State Representative Tom Weber (R-Lake Villa) released the following statement…

Today, State Representative Tom Weber (R-Lake Villa) sent a letter to Illinois Governor JB Pritzker and the heads of the Department of Children and Family Services and the Department of…

Empower Illinois is a statewide Scholarship Granting Organization created in 2017 to serve Illinois children through the state’s Invest in Kids tax credit scholarship program. The scholarships provide parents a…

Illinoisans pay the second highest property taxes in the nation, yet the Property Tax Relief Task Force draft report written by Democratic lawmakers wants to increase the sales tax without…

Do you support a reduction in unfunded mandates for school districts as a method for reducing school district costs and lowering property taxes for taxpayers? Click Here to answer. (Facebook…

On January 1, more than 200 new laws, or updates to existing laws, will go into effect in Illinois. Among them are laws that provide additional protections for victims of…