CHICAGO – State Rep. Jaime Andrade, D-Chicago, is pushing legislation to raise the wages of home care providers for seniors. “Those who take care of our seniors must be able to execute a variety of tasks and harness a wide-range of skills in order to perform their...
CHICAGO – State Rep. Jaime Andrade, D-Chicago, is advocating for the ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) to the U.S. Constitution in Illinois. “It is unacceptable that in 2018 women are not explicitly recognized in the text that is the foundation of our...
CHICAGO – Aiming to reduce and eliminate workplace discrimination, state Rep. Jaime Andrade, D-Chicago, recently supported and helped pass a plan to expand state anti-discrimination protections to businesses of all sizes, not just those that employ 15 or more people....
CHICAGO – In an effort to crack-down on the price-gouging of generic and off-patent drugs, state Rep. Jaime Andrade, D-Chicago, recently supported a measure to prohibit the practice of excessive price increases by drug manufacturers in Illinois. “Recently, we’ve seen...
CHICAGO – A new law introduced by state Rep. Jaime Andrade, D-Chicago, that will prohibit investment of state dollars in companies that use overseas tax havens has begun to identify businesses that will be disqualified from future taxpayer investment. “This law’s...
CHICAGO, Ill. – State Rep. Jaime Andrade, D-Chicago, supported a package of gun safety reforms that recently passed the Illinois House. “It is regretful that so many tragedies had to occur before we could pass such common sense gun laws,” Andrade said. “It is my hope...