CHICAGO – State Rep. Kam Buckner, D-Chicago, continued to fight for lower prices by backing expansions to the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) that include more seniors and those expansions will become available to Illinois households starting Oct 1....
CHICAGO — State Rep. Kam Buckner, D-Chicago, joined the Illinois Department of Labor to condemn Trump administration actions to roll back federal minimum wage and overtime protections for millions of in-home healthcare workers. “Once again, Donald Trump and his...
CHICAGO – A public safety measure championed by state Rep. Kam Buckner, D-Chicago, will help track unsolved murders and cut back on incidents that get relegated to ‘cold case’ status without sufficient investigation. “Our criminal justice system too often treats...
CHICAGO – State Rep. Kam Buckner, D-Chicago, finished a productive spring legislative session with a fiscally responsible budget, numerous major criminal justice reforms and new measures to cut costs of prescription drugs. “As a budgeteer this year, I was proud to...
CHICAGO – State Rep. Kam Buckner, D-Chicago, and state Sen. Doris Turner, D- Springfield, passed reforms to law enforcement hiring practices in response to the 2024 murder of Sangamon County-resident Sonya Massey. Massey’s family and other stakeholders were in the...
CHICAGO – State Rep. Kam Buckner, D-Chicago, is leading the House efforts to reform law enforcement hiring practices in response to the 2024 murder of Sangamon County-resident Sonya Massey. “Last year, Sonya Massey lost her life because our process for hiring law...