State Rep. Brandon Phelps helped put a constitutional amendment on the ballot asking voters to support a lockbox for transportation funds: http://www.daily-journal.com/news/illinois/should-lockbox-be-placed-on-illinois-transportation-funds/article_13b2f9cf-737c-54f9-85c1-0667fa60583f.html
The Daily Herald endorses Carol Sente for re-election in House District 59.
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State Rep. Jerry Costello honors an FFA chapter in Waterloo for their extraordinary work: http://www.bnd.com/news/local/education/article87725697.html
State Rep. Stephanie Kifowit brought leaders of the Aurora fire and police departments together to talk with residents about their important public services: http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/aurora-beacon-news/news/ct-abn-aurora-chiefs-st-0821-20160819-story.html
Mike Mathis, a Democrat running for the 95th Illinois House District, speaks to the SJ-R Editorial Board during an endorsement interview on Wednesday, Oct. 5, 2016.
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The Daily Herald endorses State Rep. Stephanie Kifowit of Aurora for re-election in Illinois House District 84.
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The Peoria Journal Star recognizes the increasingly important role state Rep. Jehan Gordon-Booth is playing in Springfield: http://www.pjstar.com/article/20150116/News/150119340
State Rep. Dan Beiser earns thanks from his local schools for supporting a stopgap budget to provide education funding this year: https://www.riverbender.com/articles/details/alton-interim-superintendent-examines-attendance-centers-14975.cfm
In Illinois, money and influence from Republican billionaire Gov. Bruce Rauner, the Illinois Policy Institute (see Dispatch-Argus editorials), and the …
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