Ford Measure Targeting Housing Discrimination Signed by Governor

May 23, 2022 | Ford

CHICAGO – Landlords and property sellers would no longer be able to discriminate against a potential tenant or buyer due to their income source under a new law passed by state Rep. La Shawn K. Ford, D-Chicago, and signed by the governor Monday. “Housing discrimination...

Ford Responds to CPD Shooting of 13-year-old

May 19, 2022 | Ford

CHICAGO – State Rep. La Shawn K. Ford, D-Chicago, issued the following statement after the reported shooting of an unarmed 13-year-old boy by Chicago Police Wednesday night in Austin: “It is disheartening to learn of the early details involving yesterday’s police...

Ford Reacts to Supreme Court’s Roe v. Wade News

May 3, 2022 | Ford

CHICAGO – State Rep. La Shawn K. Ford, D-Chicago, released the following statement after learning of reports that the Supreme Court is set to overturn Roe v. Wade: “The battle over Roe v. Wade is about controlling a woman’s body, and I am alarmed that an extremist...

Illinois Legislative Black Caucus Celebrates Confirmation of Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson

Apr 7, 2022 | Ammons, Buckner, Collins, Davis, Evans, Flowers, Ford, Gordon-Booth, Greenwood, Harper, Jones, Lilly, Mayfield, Meyers-Martin, Nichols, Slaughter, Smith, Tarver, Welch, West, Williams, J

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Upon the historic confirmation of Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, the Illinois Legislative Black Caucus released the following statement: “Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson is one of the most impressive, qualified and fair-minded Supreme...