State Representative Charlie Meier (R-Okawville) recently chief co-sponsored legislation (HR 627) opposing the use of an estimated $100 million in state tax dollars to fund the Obama Presidential Library in…

State Representative Charlie Meier (R-Okawville) would like to see Amazon call Illinois home by choosing the Metro East as their second headquarters in North America (HQ2). Earlier this month, Amazon…

I am writing to inform you that my office is available to assist with anything your county may need from the State of Illinois to help the Metro East attract…

Amazon recently announced plans to open a second headquarters in North America. Their Request for Proposal “RFP” can be found here. According to Amazon, “Amazon HQ2, a second company headquarters…

Equifax, an Atlanta based credit-rating agency, suffered a security breach on July 29th that exposed sensitive information of millions of Americans.   Such information included social security numbers, driver’s license…

“Thank you to Beckemeyer’s Village President Josh Mensing for inviting me to his meeting where they honored Jim Nettles and Josh Schniers for their heroic actions during a house fire….

State Representative Charlie Meier (R-Highland) released the following statement after the House of Representatives approved historic education funding reform: “I voted in favor of the bipartisan compromise to provide fair…

State Representative Charlie Meier (R-Okawville) will host his fourth annual Senior Citizen Health fair Wednesday, September 6 at the Weinheimer Community Building, located at 1100 Main Street in Highland, from…

As promised, Illinois Governor Bruce Rauner issued his amendatory veto of SB 1 to protect the state from sending additional dollars to Chicago’s pension system at the expense of Illinois’…

With back to school approaching in August, the Democrat controlled legislature has delayed sending Governor Bruce Rauner their school funding bill Senate Bill 1 (SB1). The Illinois General Assembly approved…