State Representatives Norine (NOR-EEN) Hammond of the 93rd House District and Randy Frese of the 94th House District have been campaigning toward reelection like many Illinois lawmakers in recent days. But they also have their minds on the state’s fiscal issues to be addressed beyond November.

Rep. Hammond says she has heard from frustrated constituents while traveling throughout her district.

Rep. Frese said Illinois needs legislation that frees employers to hire more workers, and that a larger worker force, in his words, “Can perhaps enlarge that pie to the point where we don’t have to increase rates of income tax, but rather we have more people paying in.”

Both Hammond and Frese spoke in Monmouth recently as part of an ag breakfast event.