Jun 29, 2017 | Walsh
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. – State Rep. Larry Walsh Jr., D-Joliet, is calling on Governor Rauner to sign legislation sitting on his desk that would help ensure life insurance benefits are paid to the family members receive that they were intended for. “Huge corporate insurance...
Jun 29, 2017 | Yingling
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. – State Rep. Sam Yingling, D-Grayslake, sponsored and voted for a major property tax relief bill as part of a larger compromise urging Governor Rauner to end Illinois’ three-year budget stalemate. “The governor has made a property tax freeze a...
Jun 29, 2017 | Mussman
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. – In solidarity with taxpayers in her district, state Rep. Michelle Mussman, D-Schaumburg, has refused all per diem and travel reimbursements paid to legislators for special session, as called by the governor. “Illinois taxpayers shouldn’t have to...
Jun 29, 2017 | Jones
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. – State Rep. Thaddeus Jones, D-Calumet City, voted to freeze property taxes and pass a package of additional legislative reforms Wednesday designed to compromise with Gov. Bruce Rauner on measures he’s demanded be passed before he is willing to...
Jun 28, 2017 | Scherer
DECATUR, Ill. – Acting on the governor’s request for various non-budget items, state Rep. Sue Scherer, D-Decatur, supported a property tax freeze on all units of government Wednesday, in addition to measures on the issues of workers’ compensation and government...