Dear Friends & Neighbors, The Governor gave his FY2020 Budget Address this week to a joint session of the House & Senate. He is saying we need even more money…

Today was Gov. JB Pritzker’s second budget address and his proposal for spending priorities for the General Assembly to consider. Here is my response. “There is a real disconnect in…

February 14, 2020 Dear Friends & Neighbors– This week was the deadline to file legislation for the Spring Session. Many proposals are up for consideration. One of the proposals that will…

State Rep. Darren Bailey (R-Xenia) met with members of the Illinois Library Association today at the southern Illinois Library Legislative Meet-up at the Suzette Brumleve Memorial Effingham Public Library. Bailey…

State Representative Darren Bailey (R-Xenia) continues his “Traveling Office Hours” program on Tuesday, February 4, 2020 in the communities of Newton and Lawrenceville. NEWTON 9:00 AM – 11:00 AM City…

State Representative Darren Bailey reacted to Governor JB Pritzker’s comments in his ‘State-of-the-State’ address to joint session of General Assembly: “It seems that not a week goes by that we…

Dear Friends & Neighbors, On December 18, 2019, the Illinois Secretary of State’s office notified the State Board of Elections that a “programming error” led to well over 500 non-citizens…

State Representative Darren Bailey (R-Xenia) joined the call for immediate action to investigate the recent revelation of a “programming error” that led to well over 500 non-citizens being registered to…

Last Friday, Rep. Darren Bailey accepted an invitation to speak to Mr. Repking’s American Government class at Dieterich Junior-Senior High School. Mr. Repking is the Social Studies & Technology Education…

January 17, 2020 Dear Friends & Neighbors, Welcome to the New Year! There are over 250 new laws that took effect on January 1st. Though I opposed many of them…