23 Illinois Republican State Representatives signed letters last week that were sent to the Governor and Attorney General regarding the shortage of propane. State Representative Wayne Rosenthal of Morrisonville explains what caused the shortage and the purpose of the letter:

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In the letter, Republicans make requests to allocate additional emergency funds, provide emergency low-interest loans/temporary lines of credit to propane distributors/suppliers, pass a temporary suspension of the state sales tax on LP/propane, create a strategic reserve of LP/propane and moderate exports of the fuel while supplies remain critically low.