State Rep. Avery Bourne joined the IMA for a tour of GSI (Grain Systems Inc.) in Assumption this morning.  In the attached photo GSI V.P. and IMA board member Brian…

Representative Avery Bourne (R-Raymond) was recently appointed to the Education Funding Task Force which held their first meeting in Springfield. The newly formed task force is a bipartisan effort to…

Litchfield… Today, State Rep. Avery Bourne (R-Raymond) joined in sponsoring legislation aimed at finding a way to fund colleges and universities in Illinois that’s fiscally possible in the midst of…

State Representative Avery Bourne (R-Raymond) applauded Governor Bruce Rauner’s actions to create the new Illinois Department of Innovation and Technology (DoIT). The agency will transform the state’s information technology functions…

Rep. Bourne filed legislation, House Resolution 916, honoring Kenneth Hobson for saving his family from a fire.  She also filed House Resolution 915 honoring the Raymond-Harvel Fire Department.  Bourne presented Kenneth…

Litchfield… State Representative Avery Bourne (R-Raymond) is co-sponsoring legislation that would deny lawmakers their paychecks if there is no balanced budget. The State of Illinois is currently in its seventh…

The Mount Olive Herald’s article

Please click the links below for either a brief review or a full listing of all 237 new laws that will take effect in Illinois beginning January 1, 2016. Several of…

Illinois’ Commerce Commission (ICC) has set public hearings before commissioners consider whether to approve a Houston, Texas energy company’s $2.2 billion wind-power transmission line project.  The line’s proposed course would…

House Bill 3749 provides that starting with the 2016 License year, veterans will be eligible for a lifetime fishing license, lifetime hunting license and lifetime sportsmen’s combination license for half…