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Illinois State Senator Sam McCann

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  • GOP state lawmakers join Supreme Court brief asking to reject challenge to compulsory union fees

    By Jonathan Bilyk |
    A group of nine Republicans currently serving in the Illinois General Assembly, including two rookie state lawmakers, have signed their names to a brief filed with the U.S. Supreme Court, asking the court to uphold the state’s ability to allow unions to extract fees from government employees who don’t wish to join a union, arguing the country’s founding federalist principles should allow the 50 states to decide such policy questions for themselves.