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Tuesday, May 5, 2026
VIDEO: Rep. Ugaste Urges Governor Pritzker and Democrats to Get Serious About Property Tax Reforms

The Governor and prominent House Democrats finally acknowledged skyrocketing property taxes after House Republicans pushed the point to where it could not be ignored. If they are serious about making…


Wednesday, January 21, 2026
VIDEO – Rep. Ugaste Implores Democrats to Address Affordability in Illinois and Quit Playing Political Games

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…


Tuesday, October 28, 2025
Rep. Ugaste Calls Out Democrats’ Hypocrisy on Gerrymandered Maps

Today, I joined my colleagues as House Republicans oppose legislative map redistricting discussions in Illinois. Democrats in our state are considering further gerrymandering the most gerrymandered maps in the country,…


Monday, November 18, 2024
Huge Budget Deficits Loom for Illinois

For years, Democrats have used gimmicks and one-time revenue to call their budgets “balanced.” Now, Illinois faces the hard reality of the majority party’s fiscal mismanagement.  Huge new budget deficits…


Thursday, September 5, 2024
New Report Highlights Democrats’ Fiscal Mismanagement

Decades of fiscal mismanagement by the majority party has put our state at a serious disadvantage. We need to rein in Democrats’ out-of-control spending and adopt a responsible, transparent budgeting…