SPRINGFIELD, IL – State Representative Amy Elik (R-Alton) voted against the FY26 Budget which passed late Saturday evening. The budget spends over $55 billion of taxpayer money, and is funded…

The Governor is set to sign Democrats’ $53.1 billion budget this morning, the largest spending plan in Illinois history. A reminder that this plan was passed in the middle of…

Illinoisans already pay the highest effective tax rates in the nation. We have to be thoughtful with every dollar we spend in order to save our residents from further tax…

Despite our warnings, Illinois Democrats used one-time federal aid from the pandemic to justify long-term spending on pet projects and the expansion of state programs. Now that pandemic funds have…