State Senator Dan Mcconchie
Recent News About State Senator Dan Mcconchie
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McConchie voices opposition to state's unfunded education mandates
State Sen. Dan McConchie (R-Hawthorn Woods) took to Twitter to express his views on the continuing onslaught of unfunded mandates placed on schools by the Illinois legislature last week.
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McConchie challenges Democratic legislators to get serious on pension reform
When a new report surfaced recently to confirm that Illinois’ underfunded state pension system was weakened substantially during 2016, State Sen. Dan McConchie (R-Hawthorn Woods) responded with a statement challenging the General Assembly in Springfield to take action.
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Property-tax relief via school-funding reform high on McConchie's agenda
On Election Day, State Sen. Dan McConchie (R-Hawthorn Woods) was elected to the 26th District state Senate seat, several months after his appointment to the seat, and he recently told the Lake County Gazette about his hopes for the General Assembly.
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McConchie easily elected to 26th District state Senate seat
With roughly 60 percent and by approximately 15,000 votes, state Sen. Dan McConchie (R-Hawthorn Woods) retained his 26th District seat on Tuesday, defeating Democrat Kelly Mazeski and vowing to continue his work in the General Assembly.
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McConchie wants details of deal that prevented Chicago teacher strike
While the Chicago Teachers Union decided not to strike on Oct. 11, announcing that it had reached a tentative agreement with the city regarding contract negotiations, many are concerned about the cost of the deal.
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McConchie says Chicago Teachers Union's demands self-centered
While an 11th-hour deal kept the Chicago Teachers Union from walking off the job as it settled contract negotiations with the city Tuesday, state Sen. Dan McConchie (R-Lake Zurich) said he found the prospect of the threatened strike to be disheartening.
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McConchie vows to 'take back Illinois from corrupt power brokers'
Republican state Sen. Dan McConchie, R-Hawthorn Woods, recently vowed to overcome rampant state-level corruption as he continued to ramp up his election bid.
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McConchie views stopgap budget as example of 'broken' system
The No. 1 concern among Illinois constituents is property taxes, State Sen. Dan McConchie, R-Hawthorn Woods, said.
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McConchie: State's education system too reliant on property taxes
Ensuring that students get a proper education is important to state Sen. Dan McConchie (R-Lake Zurich), which is why he was chosen to be on Gov. Bruce Rauner’s school-funding reform commission.
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McConchie says high property taxes are heavy drag on state's ecomomy
A recent report reveals that home sales in Chicago and its suburbs declined 7.3 percent in July compared with July 2015.
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McConchie hears voters loud and clear, targets state's high property taxes
People have been telling State Sen. Dan McConchie (R-Dist. 26) that one of their biggest concerns in Illinois is the high property taxes.
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McConchie calls on fellow lawmakers to put the voters' interests before theirs
State Sen. Dan McConchie (R-Dist. 26) said he believes that those who hold public office need to focus first on the people instead of themselves.
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McConchie: 'Self-absorbed' state lawmakers put paychecks ahead of principle
State Sen. Dan McConchie (R-Dist. 26) recently suggested that some lawmakers may be waylaid by their own sense of importance when it comes to priorities.
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McConchie: 'Change is imperative' if Illinois is to recover
Dan McConchie, freshman Republican Senator of the 26th District, sat down earlier this year for an interview with Ellee Pai Hong at Comcast Newsmakers when he was first sworn in after incumbent Dan Duffy left office unexpectedly.
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McConchie-sponsored new law aims to protect taxpayers' money
When the tab for hotel snacks came to $128.87 in June 2013 during a College of Lake County Board member's stay at a Chicago hotel, the total eventually prompted Illinois lawmakers to rein in spending, yielding legislation recently co-sponsored by State Sen. Dan McConchie (R-Dist. 26).
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McConchie targets state's high property taxes as member of task force
State Sen. Dan McConchie (R-Dist. 26) recently wondered, via his Facebook feed, why Illinois property taxes are so disproportionately high, underlining the Prairie State’s dubious distinction of scoring dead last of all 50 states nationwide.
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McConchie aims to change 'farce of democracy' in Springfield
State Sen. Dan McConchie, the Republican appointed to fill the 26th District seat after Dan Duffy stepped down, had his first Illinois politics eyes-wide-open moment soon after he took office in April.
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McConchie spotlights risk to colleges from state bond-rating cut
With seven public universities enduring setbacks in the wake of Moody’s drastic Illinois bond-rating downgrade, Republican State Sen. Dan McConchie of District 26 weighed in on ruined promises and threats of fiscal failure.
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McConchie: SIU study suggests Illinoisans tired of Madigan 'stranglehold' on power
A recent study revealed that Illinois’ financial crisis arises from “congenital failure” of leadership coupled with voters’ failure to grasp the enormity of the state’s money problems and their demands for accountability from legislators.
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McConchie fulfills promise, opts out of legislative pension system
Illinois State Sen. Dan McConchie, R-Dist. 26) said this week that he will no longer be part of the state-legislator retirement system, which is funded with taxpayer money, fulfilling a promise he made before his appointment to the seat.