Despite not having an opponent in last November's election in Illinois, a local Senator still had to take the oath of office with his peers in Springfield.

Once the swearing in was over, State Senator Chapin Rose called the tenor of the week very positive but says "it's a new day".

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With the swearing in of the 99th General Assembly last Wednesday, Sen. Rose says now it is time to get to work and feels the new Governor has set the tone just a single day into his term.

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Sen. Rose represents Dewitt, Piatt, Moultrie, Douglas, and Shelby Counties and parts of McLean, Champaign, Vermilion, Edgar and Macon Counties.