Feb 28, 2017 | Mussman
SCHAUMBURG, Ill. – State Rep. Michelle Mussman is opposing efforts to remove 40,000 Illinois seniors from a program that allows them to stay in their homes and out of institutional care. Governor Bruce Rauner, through the Department on Aging, would end homecare...
Feb 28, 2017 | Willis
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. – State Rep. Kathleen Willis, D-Addison, is backing legislation that would provide greater protections to local park districts from dangerous child predators by prohibiting districts from knowingly using volunteers with a history of committing sexual...
Feb 27, 2017 | Moylan
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. – State Rep. Marty Moylan, D-Des Plaines, is standing with senior advocates to speak out against the Rauner Administration’s new rules that will strip care from 40,000 elderly residents, remove criminal background check requirements for caregivers...
Feb 24, 2017 | Halpin
ROCK ISLAND, Ill. – In an attempt to ease the burden on rising property taxes, state Rep. Mike Halpin, D-Rock Island, has introduced legislation that will freeze property taxes on individuals with a disability. “Individuals with disabilities are often on a fixed...
Feb 23, 2017 | Mussman
Schaumburg, Ill. – State Rep. Michelle Mussman, D-Schaumburg, has pledged to vote against any new legislation that would raise sales taxes for food and over the counter medicines. Mussman instead is calling for a change of focus to the root of the problem of food...