With just one day for review, Democrats in the Illinois General Assembly forced through a $55.2 billion state budget, a near spending record. State Representative Martin McLaughlin (R-Lake Barrington) voted…

With less than 60 hours remaining before the state budget deadline, State Representative Martin McLaughlin (R–Lake Barrington) is calling out Governor Pritzker and legislative Democrats for continuing to operate behind…

State Representative Martin McLaughlin (R-Lake Barrington) has introduced legislation to formally recognize the elevation of Pope Leo XIV, a native of Chicago, to the Papacy – an unprecedented event in…

The final week of the spring legislative session kicked off today in the House. We have five scheduled session days left to pass a state budget and we have yet…

Memorial Day is more than a long weekend, it’s a day of remembrance for those who gave their lives in service to the United States. Their sacrifice paved the way…

The General Assembly has one more week to pass a new state budget before the May 31st deadline. Under the Pritzker administration, more than $3 billion has been spent on…

Evelyn Wood would be proud – last May, Illinois lawmakers had just 26 seconds to read each page of the 3389 page 2025 budget before they had to vote on…

Years of unsustainable spending growth overseen by Governor Pritzker and Illinois Democrats has now come back to bite us all. Conservative, responsible budgeting is the only way forward. We won’t…

Illinoisans already pay the highest effective tax rates in the nation. Now, Democrats want to expand the service tax to more than 80 new categories, including haircuts, car repair, landscaping,…

State Representative Martin McLaughlin and several of his House Republican colleagues have given Governor Pritzker’s state budget proposal the “DOGE” treatment, reviewing the proposal line item by line item to…