Illinois State Senator Steve McClure
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Recent News About Illinois State Senator Steve McClure
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McClure: 'Reasonable people know that police are an essential element of society'
State Sen. Steve McClure sees no winners emerging from the movement to defund police departments across the country.
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State Sen. McClure supports holding special General Assembly session to address criminal justice reform
State Sen. Steve McClure is calling for special hearings in Springfield on criminal and social justice reform in the wake of demonstrations that have broken out in Illinois and out across the country following the death of George Floyd.
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State Sen. McClure says Democrats' $42 billion budget again puts Illinois taxpayers on the hook
State Sen. Steve McClure argues there’s a simple reason why a provision in Illinois Democrats' newly passed budget makes for bad policy.
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GOP state Sen. McClure says Democrats' $42 billion budget is 'out of whack' with Illinois residents' values
Republican state Sen. Steve McClure is blasting the new $42 billion state budget rammed through by Democrats during a special session of the legislature as doomed from the start.
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McClure outraged governor would threaten to jail individuals trying to reopen businesses
State Sen. Steve McClure is in disbelief over what he sees as Gov. J.B. Pritizker’s flawed rationale in dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic.
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State Sen. McClure says governor's economic plan lacks urgency that situation demands
Illinois state Sen. Steve McClure (R-Springfield) wants to see all the state’s branches of government working as one to address the ongoing COVID-19 crisis.
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Sen. McClure joins challenge of Pritzker's actions toward criminals
Illinois state Sen. Steve McClure (R-Springfield) worries that Gov. J.B. Pritzker's priorities may have been compromised during the coronavirus outbreak, particularly in regard to reportedly commuting the sentences of violent criminals.
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Sen. McClure pushing gov't to make a difference for residents, businesses amid COVID-19
Illinois state Sen. Steve McClure (R-Springfield) is doing all he can to make sure cooler heads prevail as the coronavirus continues to wreak havoc across the state. “Everywhere you go. there’s fear,” he told the West Central Reporter.
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From Metro East Sun
McClure wants government to make sacrifices, not taxpayers
State Sen. Steve McClure (R-Springfield) said he didn't agree with the $1.6 billion in new spending that Gov. J.B. Pritzker proposed in his budget address last month.
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McClure counting on bill to slow property tax increases
Illinois state Sen. Steve McClure (R-Springfield) has had enough of all the state’s runaway property taxes.
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Sen. McClure hosts student group in Springfield
More than 60 Illinois students from the state's 50th Senate District traveled to Springfield to try their hand at the legislative process.
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Sen. McClure calls new victim's rights law 'a nice step in the right direction'
Illinois state Sen. Steve McClure (R-Jacksonville) is hailing a new law that passed with bipartisan support as a step forward for victim’s rights in Illinois.
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From Metro East Sun
Sen. McClure attributes state's loss of $500M ethanol plant to Democrats' 'playing up to unions'
Judging from the latest policy legislation coming out of Springfield, state Sen. Steve McClure (R-Springfield) is convinced that Illinois has become its own worst enemy.