SPRINGFIELD—In the final minutes of the 101st General Assembly, the Illinois Black Caucus’ police reform legislation, Amendment 2 to House Bill 3653, narrowly passed by a 50-60 vote margin.  State Representative…

SPRINGFIELD—State Representative Mark Batinick (R-Plainfield) was sworn into office today to continue serving the 97th Legislative District in the 102nd General Assembly. Representative Batinick will not only be starting his…

SPRINGFIELD—Tonight, lawmakers in the Bank of Springfield Center debated a new education funding bill, Senate Amendment 3 to House Bill 2170, that increases unfunded mandates on local school districts, heightens…

State Representatives Mark Batinick (R-Plainfield) and Dan Ugaste (R-Geneva) recorded a podcast discussing the urgent need for ethics reform in Illinois–and how it is intricately tied to all other issues…

The people of Illinois have had to put up with corruption in government for far too long. Adding new, strong recall provisions to the state constitution will help return some…

For too long, the Illinois political class has been unable or unwilling to clean up corruption in government. All too often, the people have felt powerless to do anything about…

PLAINFIELD—Today the House Special Investigating Committee abruptly adjourned, ending their probe into House Speaker Mike Madigan’s involvement in the ComEd bribery scandal. After three meetings, the Democrat led committee failed…

Representative Mark Batinick (R-Plainfield) recently proposed a recall system for elected officials and the Speaker of the House, Senate President and Auditor General. The Representative is in the process of…

ZOOM, IL—With the ongoing revelations of corruption involving embattled House Speaker Mike Madigan, State Senator Jason Barickman (R-Bloomington) and Representative Mark Batinick (R-Plainfield) today proposed a recall system for elected…

PLAINFIELD–The US Attorney’s Office has announced charges against four of House Speaker Mike Madigan’s allies, naming lobbyist Michael McClain, ex-ComEd CEO Anne Pramaggiore, ComEd lobbyist John Hooker, and former City…