Not much happened during the first week of the 2026 spring session in Springfield, other than some political grandstanding by Democrats. Watch as State Representative Jeff Keicher and I recap…

Hello Everyone, As some of you may have noticed, it has been a while since you received a newsletter about what is happening in Illinois. While I try to send them…

St. Charles, IL – State Representative Dan Ugaste (R-Geneva), along with the Versiti Blood Center of Illinois, will host a Blood Drive on Friday, February 6, from 12-4 p.m. The…

The Pritzker administration announced yesterday that it is reserving $482 million from the current state budget to address the impacts of federal policies. Why are we just now finding out…

Springfield, IL – State Representative Dan Ugaste (R-Geneva) filed legislation today in Springfield designed to reduce the cost of auto insurance. The bill, HB4548, contains language changes and reforms to…

Today on the House Floor, Democrats introduced several resolutions aimed at finger-pointing and playing political gotcha games. Our focus should be on working together to fix the affordability issues affecting…

Decades of fiscal mismanagement under Democrats’ control have put Illinois in the precarious position it is in now with our budget. Raising taxes over and over again didn’t solve anything;…

Members of the House Republicans and the Truth in Public Safety (TIPS) Working Group sent a letter to Governor Pritzker last week in reaction to the Governor’s recent comments about…

St. Charles, IL – With Governor Pritzker signing the $2.5 billion mass transit reform proposal into law today, State Representative Dan Ugaste (R-Geneva) released the following statement: “I understand the…

I enjoyed participating in a Legislative Roundtable held yesterday at the Technical Education Center on the Sugar Grove Campus of Waubonsee Community College. The roundtable brought together a number of…