Lawmakers in both chambers of the Illinois General Assembly are reviewing an inequitable Democrat school funding plan based on flawed and misleading data that disguises

Springfield –State Sen. Jason Barickman (R-Bloomington) released the following statement after House Democrats filed House Amendment 1 to Senate Bill 1: “In the last 48

Springfield – Democrat Senators have again signaled that they are no longer interested in working with the other party to pass real solutions or a

Springfield –State Sen. Jason Barickman (R-Bloomington) released the following statement after Senate Democrats passed a partisan budget and massive tax hike on Illinois families: “Rather

Springfield – The Illinois Senate passed legislation filed by State Sen. Jason Barickman’s (R-Bloomington), to recognize June 15, 2017 as “Elder Abuse Awareness Day.” “It’s

Springfield – The Illinois Senate recently honored students taking part in programs to build and install bluebird houses throughout their communities, thanks to legislation filed

Springfield – Instead of continuing negotiations on a bipartisan solution to fix the state’s broken school funding formula, Democrats rammed through another partisan bill that

Springfield, IL – Senate Republicans remained at the negotiating table during the week, continuing their work to pass a long-term budget solution with necessary reforms,

Springfield – The Illinois Senate Education Committee held a hearing May 4 to analyze a school funding reform measure filed by State Sen. Jason Barickman’s

Springfield –State Sen. Jason Barickman’s (R-Bloomington) legislation to stop governments from abusing outdated court rules to throw out citizen and business appeals has been passed