Dear Friend, This week’s Severin Says explores the upcoming Special Session of the legislature, set for Tuesday, August 31, 2021. It is rare for the General Assembly to meet in…

BENTON – State Representative Dave Severin (R-Benton) issued the following statement upon learning that Governor JB Pritzker has signed legislation, SB 818, that creates a new sexual education mandate for children…

Dear Friend, Throughout the spring 2021 legislative Session, I spoke several times at events and through my email newsletter and press releases about my objection to Illinois House Democratic and…

Dear Friend, I want to start this week by thanking the dozens of students and parents that participated in this year’s Once Upon a Time Summer Reading Program sponsored by…

BENTON – State Rep. Dave Severin (R-Benton) is urging residents and parents of school-aged children to contact Governor JB Pritzker and the Speaker of the House and Senate President following the…

Dear Friend, This week’s edition of Severin Says has important news and notes that you need to know from the 117th district and beyond! I’ve got information for local governments…

SOUTHERN ILLINOIS – Rep. Dave Severin and Rep. Patrick Windhorst and Rep. Paul Jacobs are reminding first through fourth grade students residing in the 115th, 117th, and 118th State Representative districts that the…

BENTON – State Rep. Dave Severin (R-Benton) is excited to announce the start of the 2021 “Once Upon a Time” Summer Reading Program for students in 1st through 4th grades…

SPRINGFIELD – State Rep. Dave Severin released the following statement after a $42 billion budget passed the Illinois House on Monday night, after being given the legislation to consider less…

SPRINGFIELD – Late in the evening on Memorial Day Monday, the Illinois House took up a surprise and controversial measure that greatly expands and reforms the Illinois elections code. Southern Illinois…