Mar 18, 2021 | Yang Rohr
NAPERVILLE, Ill. – To ensure that taxpayers are not on the hook for the mismanagement of state funds, state Rep. Janet Yang Rohr, D-Naperville, is supporting legislation that would prevent legislators from being paid if there is not a state budget in place. “When...
Mar 17, 2021 | Mason
GURNEE, Ill. – State Rep. Joyce Mason, D-Gurnee, is fighting to restore benefits to veterans who have been barred from receiving them due to having service-related PTSD, traumatic brain injury, experiencing sexual assault or being a member of the LGBTQ community. “In...
Mar 17, 2021 | Stuart
EDWARDSVILLE, Ill. – Design and planning are underway for a new health sciences building at SIUE, thanks in part to efforts by state Rep. Katie Stuart, D-Edwardsville, to secure millions in funding for the project in the historic Rebuild Illinois capital plan in 2019....
Mar 16, 2021 | Hurley
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. – Special education students will be eligible to stay enrolled in education programs longer under a new bill created by state Rep. Fran Hurley, D-Chicago. “Currently, special education students are only able to go to school through their 22nd...
Mar 16, 2021 | Stuart
SPRINGFIELD, Ill.—State Rep. Katie Stuart, D-Edwardsville, is working to address the underreporting of elder abuse through recently introduced legislation, which would require suspicious deaths of seniors to be reported to the appropriate authorities. “Instances of...