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State Rep. Ron Sandack has been a strong voice in Springfield for fiscal responsibility and reform. He's been one of the lawmakers able to cut through the debate and clearly articulate the need for reform in Illinois. Sandack joined the show again this week to react to the failed vote to override the Governor's veto of a bill regarding AFSCME negotiations...

Illinois State Rep. Ron Sandack joined the show this week to recap where we're at in negotiations on the state budget plan. Democrats in the House and Senate have approved a spending plan that is nearly $4 billion out-of-balance in the hope that Gov...

Dave Dahl -- Illinois Radio Network Calling all Illinoisans whose incomes are greater than $1 million a year. Republican lawmakers want you to stay in Illinois. An extra tax on personal income after your first $1 million -- a 3 percent surcharge, with the proceeds going to education -- would be proposed to Illinois voters in 2016 if the House and Senate both pass a resolution debated in the House

State Rep. Ron Sandack joined "Riley & Scot" this week to discuss his municipal bankruptcy bill, which would allow Illinois cities and communities to declare Chapter 9 bankruptcy to restructure debt and pay back creditors. Though saying he would not necessarily use the option, Rockford Mayor Larry Morrissey has been vocal in his support for the measure. ...

Dave Dahl -- Illinois Radio Network Illinois Republicans sense momentum for term limits. State Rep. Ron Sandack (R-Downers Grove) is running a bill – a proposed constitutional amendment – to limit service in each chamber of the General Assembly to 10 years and as a statewide constitutional officer to eight years...

We’ve talked a whole lot on the show about the Governor’s troubled anti-violence program, called the Neighborhood Recovery Initiative. Ostensibly the effort was designed to help combat the violence problem in Chicago and Cook County, but it more and more appears that it was $55 million in slush fund dollars to help the Governor win re-election...

Here we go again. That's the main message from Illinois Republican leaders, who say $20 million in a new allocation to the Illinois Department of Labor for social programs could be a reprisal of the troubled Neighborhood Recovery Initiative program...