Mar 29, 2019 | Villa
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. – To increase awareness and beat the stigma surrounding mental health, state Rep. Karina Villa, D-West Chicago, is sponsoring legislation to include curriculum around mental health and the important connection between mental and physical health in...
Mar 29, 2019 | Hurley
CHICAGO – To bring services provided by her constituent service office to local residents, state Rep. Fran Hurley, D-Chicago, is hosting satellite office hours in Orland Park on April 10. “As we continue through April and into May, the legislative session in...
Mar 28, 2019 | West
ROCKFORD, Ill. – In the wake of the tragic passing of another Illinois State Police officer performing their work with a pulled over vehicle, state Rep. Maurice West II, D-Rockford, is asking drivers to slow down and move over to an outside lane when passing motorists...
Mar 28, 2019 | Crespo
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. – State Rep. Fred Crespo, D-Hoffman Estates, is working to reform oversight of state agencies, such as the Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS), by ensuring that the inspector general’s office within each entity is fully independent from...
Mar 28, 2019 | Mah
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. – Hospital patients would experience an enhanced level of nursing care under legislation sponsored by state Rep. Theresa Mah, D-Chicago, which would require mandatory nurse staffing ratios. “When nurses are stretched too thin in caring for very sick...