CHICAGO – State Rep. Sonya Harper, D-Chicago, is calling on Gov. Bruce Rauner to stand with her, and other House Democrats, in enacting honest criminal and juvenile justice reforms that aim to end the school-to-prison pipeline. “Children living in underprivileged...
CHICAGO – To provide additional protections to students and individuals paying off their student loans, state Rep. Sonya Harper, D-Chicago, recently supported legislation that would create a Student Loan Bill of Rights in Illinois. “Illinois’ college graduates can be...
CHICAGO – State Rep. Sonya Harper, D-Chicago, recently partnered with state Sen. Mattie Hunter, D-Chicago, to update residents on the balanced budget that they passed to end the state’s unprecedented, Rauner-created crisis. “The state’s budget provides funding that...
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. – Recent legislation sponsored by state Rep. Sonya Harper, D-Chicago, that creates a statewide task force to develop employment opportunities for young people recently passed, and a measure aimed at funding violence prevention programs recently moved...
CHICAGO – State Rep. Sonya Harper, D-Chicago, is fighting to give families a voice in their children’s education by passing legislation creating an elected representative school board to lead the Chicago Public Schools (CPS). “When it comes to Chicago’s school board,...
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. – To lift up the working men and women who have gone years without receiving a raise, state Rep. Sonya Harper, D-Chicago, voted recently to raise Illinois’ minimum wage to $15 per hour. “Since the late sixties and seventies, workers’ wages have not...