Villa Measure to Expand Mental Health Curriculum Advances to Senate

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...

Hurley Invites Local Residents to Satellite Office Hours

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...

Crespo Measure to Ensure Independent Oversight of State Agencies

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...

Mah Supports Effort to Improve Patient Safety in Hospitals

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...