Archive for August, 2007
Wait Announces National Guard Assistance Grants
August 30, 2007
Springfield, IL…State Representative Ron Wait (R-Belvidere) won the acceptance of his National Guard Assistance Program after the legislation overwhelmingly passed both houses of the General Assembly and was signed by the governor. Wait’s legislation, House Bill 272, assists National Guardsmen and Reservists with buying homes upon their return to Illinois after fighting in […]
Wait Supports Budget’s Education Funding Increase
August 9, 2007
Springfield, IL…State Representative Ron Wait (R-Belvidere) voted to support a spending plan that has taken more than two months of overtime session to craft. The budget increases education spending, provides additional funds to hospitals and healthcare, and fully funds Illinois’ labor contracts and pension systems. An affirmative vote in the Senate and Blagojevich’s […]