Illinois State Senate District 37
Recent News About Illinois State Senate District 37
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ILLINOIS STATE SENATE DISTRICT 37: Celebrating the bravery of U.S. veterans
Major hostilities of World War I were formally ended at the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month of 1918, when the Armistice with Germany went into effect.
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ILLINOIS STATE SENATE DISTRICT 37: Free COVID-19 testing available at state mobile testing sites
The Illinois Department of Public Health has several mobile testing teams that are dispatched to various locations around the state each week to provide COVID-19 testing.
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ILLINOIS STATE SENATE DISTRICT 37: Enhancing investigative authority key to targeting corruption
Illinois has some of the strongest ethics laws on the books, but many are rendered toothless because the appropriate state and local authorities can’t adequately investigate and enforce them.
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ILLINOIS STATE SENATE DISTRICT 37: Voting by mail
Voting by mail is an option for voters to cast their ballot prior to Election Day.
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ILLINOIS STATE SENATE DISTRICT 37: Senator Weaver asks residents to sign petition targeting corruption
Local residents are being asked to voice their support for legislation that Senator Chuck Weaver says will help root out government corruption among members of the General Assembly.
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ILLINOIS STATE SENATE DISTRICT 37: Weaver questions Pritzker’s focus on possibly adding COVID-19 restrictions in Region 1
The Pritzker Administration’s focus on possibly imposing COVID-19 restrictions in Region 1 – including all or part of Boone, Carroll, DeKalb, Jo Daviess, Lee, Ogle, Stephenson, Winnebago, and Whiteside counties – is once again based on one-size-fits-all criteria that do not reflect the relatively low number of cases in the region, according to Senator Chuck Weaver.
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ILLINOIS STATE SENATE DISTRICT 37: Expired Driver’s Licenses and ID Cards Extended by Three Months
The Illinois Secretary of State's Office (SOS) has announced that expiration dates for driver's licenses and ID cards have been extended an additional three months, from Nov. 1, 2020, to Feb. 1, 2021.
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ILLINOIS STATE SENATE DISTRICT 37: Application Process Open for Second Round of Business Interruption Grants
The second round of the Business Interruption Grant (BIG) Program is now open.
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ILLINOIS STATE SENATE DISTRICT 37: Governor’s political games put Illinoisans at disadvantage for federal unemployment benefits
Unemployed Illinoisans are at a disadvantage when it comes to federal unemployment dollars, and they have the Governor to blame for it simply because he decided to play politics with the federal government rather than secure funds through the Lost Wages Act. This new federal program provides an additional $300 a week to those who have experienced a COVID-19 related job loss.
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ILLINOIS STATE SENATE DISTRICT 37: Driver’s license date extended for people ages 75 and older
New expiration date will be one year from current 2020 expiration date.
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ILLINOIS STATE SENATE DISTRICT 37: Sen. Weaver named Champion of Free Enterprise by Illinois Chamber of Commerce
Illinois State Sen. Chuck Weaver (R-Peoria) has been named a Champion of Free Enterprise, an award given by the Illinois Chamber of Commerce to legislators who have made special contributions to the defense of free enterprise, and the furtherance of economic opportunities for Illinoisans.
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ILLINOIS STATE SENATE DISTRICT 37: Weaver: Return ComEd fine to Illinois ratepayers
Senator Chuck Weaver is co-sponsoring a resolution urging the U.S. Congress to return ComEd’s $200 million fine to their ratepayers in Illinois either through direct payments or by directing the funds to the Illinois Commerce Commission for distribution to ratepayers.
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ILLINOIS STATE SENATE DISTRICT 37: Beware of unemployment assistance fraud!
The Illinois Department of Employment Security has announced they are taking steps to crack down on fraud schemes involving the state’s federal Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA) programs.
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ILLINOIS STATE SENATE DISTRICT 37: New laws taking effect July 1
The Illinois General Assembly has passed and Governor J.B Pritzker has signed the following bills into law effective July 1, 2020.
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ILLINOIS STATE SENATE DISTRICT 37: Apply for Business Interruption Grants (BIG) program
The Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity (DCEO) will launch the first round of Business Interruption Grants (BIG) by providing $60 million to businesses experiencing losses.
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ILLINOIS STATE SENATE DISTRICT 37: Senators ask Pritzker to advance re-opening plan
Many communities have reached the standards required to move to Phase 4.
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ILLINOIS STATE SENATE DISTRICT 37: Honoring those who gave their lives
Memorial Day is a day to remember the lives of the brave men and women who answered the call of duty to serve their country and ultimately gave their lives.
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ILLINOIS STATE SENATE DISTRICT 37: Strong opposition stops Pritzker rule that would criminalize business owners
In the wake of strong opposition by Illinois Senate and House Republican Caucuses on behalf of their constituents, Governor J. B. Pritzker is withdrawing a rule he submitted May 15 that would have made criminals of business owners.
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ILLINOIS STATE SENATE DISTRICT 37: Opening non-essential businesses if they can operate safely
My op-ed about opening non-essential businesses if they can operate safely was printed in the May 14 edition of Peoria Journal Star.
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ILLINOIS STATE SENATE DISTRICT 37: Statement from Senator Weaver (04-24-2020)
Statement from Senator Weaver: "On a daily basis we are addressing the issues we are seeing on Facebook and other social media.