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Thursday, January 15, 2026
Rep. Halbrook Recognizes Local Achievements at Teutopolis Schools

TEUTOPOLIS, IL – State Representative Brad Halbrook (R-Shelbyville) presented official certificates this week at Teutopolis Junior High and Teutopolis Grade School to recognize outstanding accomplishments by students, educators, and coaches….


Friday, January 9, 2026
WATCH: Illinois Flat Tax: Why Lawmakers Want Power to Raise Your Taxes

WATCH: Illinois lawmakers are once again pushing to scrap the state’s flat income tax and replace it with a progressive tax system voters overwhelmingly rejected in 2020. This Inside Track…


Friday, January 9, 2026
Halbrook Blasts Pritzker’s “Green New Giveaway” Energy Law Warns of $8 Billion Ratepayer Cost, Bureaucratic Control, and Loss of Illinois Jobs and Farmland

Springfield, IL — Governor J.B. Pritzker today signed Senate Bill 25, the so-called Clean and Reliable Grid Affordability Act, into law. State Representative Brad Halbrook (R–Shelbyville) condemned the legislation as…


Tuesday, December 16, 2025
Pritzker Expands Culture of Death in Illinois

“It’s a sad day in Illinois.” – State Rep. Brad Halbrook Shelbyville, Illinois — Friday morning, Governor Pritzker signed SB 1950 which makes physician-assisted suicide legal in Illinois. The bill…


Thursday, October 30, 2025
Halbrook Invites Bishop Kyle Blackerby to Give House Opening Prayer

SPRINGFIELD, IL… State Representative Brad Halbrook (R-Shelbyville) invited Bishop Kyle Blackerby, the senior pastor at Catch the Fire Church in Cowden, to deliver the opening prayer to the House Floor…


Thursday, October 16, 2025
Halbrook Calls out Hypocrisy of Springfield Democrats

SPRINGFIELD, IL… State Representative Brad Halbrook (R-Shelbyville) issued the following release after House Resolution 504, a resolution to condemn the alleged actions of the Trump Administration’s ‘Operation Midway Blitz’ was…


Thursday, October 9, 2025
Halbrook Announces Highway Projects Coming to the 107th

SHELBYVILLE, IL… State Representative Brad Halbrook (R-Shelbyville) released the following statement regarding the upcoming transportation projects coming to the 107th District during Fiscal Years 2026-2029: “I am pleased to see…


Tuesday, September 30, 2025
Halbrook Files Resolution Marking The Day of the Bible in September

SHELBYVILLE, IL… State Representative Brad Halbrook issued the following release after filing a resolution that would declare September 12, 2025 as The Day of the Bible in Illinois. HR 474…


Thursday, September 25, 2025
Halbrook Files Energy Package, Focuses on Reliability and Affordability

SHELBYVILLE, IL… State Representative Brad Halbrook (R-Shelbyville) has filed a bill package aimed at addressing the current and worsening energy crisis affecting Illinois.  “Since before CEJA was signed into law,…


Tuesday, September 16, 2025
Halbrook Extends Deepest Condolences to Edgar Family

SHELBYVILLE, IL… State Representative Brad Halbrook (R-Shelbyville) issued the following statement after news emerged that former Governor Jim Edgar passed away after a battle with cancer: “I extend my deepest…