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 Jason Barickman’s (R-Bloomington) legislation to stop governments from abusing outdated court rules to throw out citizen and business appeals has been passed

Springfield, IL – A simulation of education funding reform legislation run by the Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE) during the week shows good results

·         Provides a major boost to struggling schools ·         No increase to prior year’s funding level ·         Doesn’t require a tax increase Springfield – An

Fixing the state’s broken school funding formula is the goal of two legislative proposals introduced this week, while another recently filed measure seeks to address