Jun 12, 2020 | LaPointe
CHICAGO – To provide assistance to bars and restaurants that have been experienced significant downturn in normal operations due to COVID-19, state Rep. Lindsey LaPointe, D-Chicago, led an economic relief effort known as “cocktails to-go” allowing establishments to...
Jun 12, 2020 | Yednock
OTTAWA, IL – As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to create financial hardships for families, state Rep. Lance Yednock, D-Ottawa, recently backed a measure that would suspend late payment penalties on property taxes and create a one-year application deferral to...
Jun 12, 2020 | Yingling
ROUND LAKE BEACH, Ill. – With the COVID-19 pandemic causing financial hardship for residents, state Rep. Sam Yingling, D-Grayslake, supported a new law to provide additional assistance to those struggling to pay their rent or mortgage payments. “Due to the COVID-19...
Jun 12, 2020 | Reitz
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. – State Rep. Nathan Reitz, D-Steeleville, is fighting to support local farmers and provide them with the proper resources and timeframes as they adjust to new federal regulations impacting the soybean industry. “Farms and small businesses, which are...
Jun 11, 2020 | Hoffman
BELLEVILLE, Ill. – Bipartisan legislation passed by state Rep. Jay Hoffman, D-Swansea, to expand worker’s compensation benefits to include first responders, health care workers, nursing home employees and other essential workers afflicted with COVID-19 was recently...