Happy Birthday to the Great Communicator! Ronald Wilson Reagan was born on this day in the great state of Illinois. President Reagan was a transcendent figure that changed the United…

METROPOLIS – State Representative Patrick Windhorst (R-Metropolis) announced this week his appointment to several key Illinois House of Representative Committees. In addition to his duties as the House Republican Floor…

SPRINGFIELD – House Republican Floor Leader and State Representative Patrick Windhorst (R-Metropolis) has added his name to a legislative effort to repeal the recently signed firearms ban. Windhorst says the…

METROPOLIS – House Republican Floor Leader and 117th District State Representative Patrick Windhorst (R-Metropolis) issued a statement agreeing with an Effingham County judge’s decision on Friday afternoon that temporarily halts the…

MARION – Seven members of Southern Illinois’ House and Senate legislative delegation hosted more than 900 citizens at a Legislative Town Hall Meeting in Marion on Tuesday night. Legislators covered…

SPRINGFIELD – On Thursday, newly minted House Republican Leader Tony McCombie announced her leadership team. Among those selected to serve in the highest positions of the Illinois House Republican caucus…

SPRINGFIELD – On Wednesday, State Representative Patrick Windhorst (R-Metropolis) took the oath of office to serve as State Representative for the newly created 117th district. Windhorst joined fellow members of the…

SPRINGFIELD – On Tuesday night in the final hours of the 102nd General Assembly’s Lame Duck Session, Governor JB Pritzker signed HB 5471, amended legislation that bans the manufacture and…

SPRINGFIELD – State Representative Patrick Windhorst (R-Metropolis) voted no on a last minute, late Friday night pay raise for legislators that was tucked into a massive spending bill on Friday….

SOUTHERN ILLINOIS – Six Republican southern Illinois legislators from the Illinois Senate and House of Representatives will host a legislative town hall meeting in Marion later this month to address…