CHICAGO – State Rep. La Shawn K. Ford, D-Chicago, will join a “Returning Citizens Independence Day” press conference and rally on Sunday, July 3 at 10 a.m. outside of the Cook County Jail to join advocates, previously incarcerated and reentry organizations to talk...
CHICAGO – A measure from state Rep. La Shawn K. Ford, D-Chicago, designed to stop catalytic converter thieves from cashing in at scrap yards has been signed by Gov. J.B. Pritzker. “Catalytic converter thefts have been on the rise because bad actors saw it as an easy...
CHICAGO – Chaired by state Rep. La Shawn K. Ford, D-Chicago, the bipartisan House Public Safety and Violence Prevention Task Force will convene Thursday morning to discuss the intersection of trauma, structural racism and mental health in Illinois youth. The hearing...
CHICAGO – State Rep. La Shawn K. Ford, D-Chicago, will join leading doctors from Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago, youth, parents and others to talk about the need to prevent youth violence and increase investment in youth employment and trauma...
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...
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...