State Senator Terri Bryant (R-Murphysboro) released the following statement after the Illinois Supreme Court ruled 4-3 to uphold the state’s “assault weapons” ban: “While the

IDES Audit Shows Severe Overspending of $5.24 Billion On July 26, the Illinois Auditor General released a 156-page-report on the Illinois Department of Employment Security

Shows over $5 billion in unemployment overpayments State Senator Terri Bryant (R-Murphysboro) released the following statement regarding the recently released performance audit of IDES during

Supreme Court Upholds SAFE-T Act On July 18, the Illinois Supreme Court upheld the highly controversial SAFE-T Act. Despite strong opposition from law enforcement and

Investigations Reveal Serious Issues at State Facilities for the Developmentally Disabled Last September, Choate Mental Health and Development Center came under fire after a controversial

New Rule Attempts to Rein in Spending for Undocumented Immigrant Healthcare After months of Republicans calling attention to the increasing costs of Illinois’ undocumented immigrant

State Senator Terri Bryant (R-Murphysboro) issued the following statement after Governor Pritzker signed the Democrats’ partisan budget, which spends over $50 billion in Fiscal Year

General Assembly passes budget that reflects misplaced priorities Late last week, the Illinois General Assembly passed the state’s budget for Fiscal Year (FY) 2024, which represents

State Senator Terri Bryant (R-Murphysboro) is applauding the reinstatement of the Blue Collar Jobs Act, which seeks to bring good-paying jobs to Illinois through a

Sen. Bryant Seeks to Protect Law-Abiding Gun Owners Law-abiding gun owners who legally purchased a firearm that is subject to Illinois’ recent firearms ban –