It’s been a busy few weeks, and here’s everything you should know about the Governor’s Budget Address, Data Centers, & More. Data Centers I know data centers have been a…

SPRINGFIELD, IL – Illinois Governor JB Pritzker presented his annual Budget Address and State of the State to the General Assembly today. State Representative Amy Elik (R-Alton), House Republicans’ Deputy Budgeteer,…

State Representatives Amy Elik (Alton), Dan Ugaste (Geneva), and Patrick Windhorst (Metropolis) held a press conference in Springfield on the eve of the Governor’s 2026 State of the State and…

Alton, IL – State Representative Amy Elik (R-Alton) and State Representative Regan Deering (R-Decatur) held a press conference today to call out Governor JB Pritzker for his political posturing. In…

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…