SPRINGFIELD, Ill. – A bill backed by state Rep. Mike Halpin, D-Rock Island, will step up vocational jobs training in Illinois by establishing the Training in Building Trades Program to award grants to community organizations for creating vocational jobs education...
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. – State Rep. Mike Halpin, D-Rock Island, is helping ensure pregnant women receive critical mental and physical health care services during and after their pregnancies by passing a new law that requires the Department of Human Services (DHS) to...
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. – Schools will be better prepared to prevent violence under a new law from state Rep. Mike Halpin, D-Rock Island, requiring schools to create and adopt their own threat assessment procedures.“Ensuring the safety of our kids is my priority. Schools...
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. – Local teachers will be paid fairly under a new law from state Rep. Mike Halpin, D-Rock Island, raising the starting teacher salary in order to address the statewide teacher shortage.“Paying teachers fairly is the first step toward building a...
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. – An effort by state Rep. Mike Halpin, D-Rock Island, to control spikes in prescription drug costs and require pharmacy benefits managers (PBMs) to inform customers of less-expensive generic drug alternatives is now law.“Powerful pharmaceutical...
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. – Big insurance companies will no longer be able to deny coverage for certain necessary mammograms under a new law passed by state Rep. Mike Halpin, D-Rock Island, requiring insurers to cover the potentially lifesaving procedure that can detect...