BELLEVILLE, Ill. – State Rep. Jay Hoffman, D-Swansea, led the effort to extend and expand the New Markets Development Program, a tax credit initiative that attracts private capital investment in small businesses located in low-income areas. Hoffman’s push for the...
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. – State Rep. Janet Yang Rohr, D-Naperville, will encourage suggestions to make state government more efficient and effective as a member of a board promoting cost-saving ideas. Yang Rohr and fellow members will review cost-saving suggestions from...
BELLEVILLE, Ill. – As part of efforts to help disabled veterans continue to access property tax relief, state Rep. Jay Hoffman, D-Swansea, and state Sen. Christopher Belt, D-Swansea, have passed a proposal to allow the state to reimburse counties which have military...
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -To remember the lives lost during the brutal forced march of Potawatomi Native Americans from present-day Indiana to the western United States, state Rep. Sue Scherer, D-Decatur, offered a resolution on the Trail of Death to her colleagues in the...
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. – Illinois has a new state budget that adds focus to public safety efforts while still prioritizing both fiscal responsibility and compassion, thanks in part to the leadership of state Rep. Rita Mayfield, D-Waukegan, who chairs the crucial...