Mar 13, 2020 | Hernandez B
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. – State Rep. Barbara Hernandez, D-Aurora, is standing up for new mothers in our community by introducing new legislation to cut taxes on the sale of breast pumps. “Right now, new parents are being forced to spend far too much of their hard-earned...
Mar 11, 2020 | Andrade, Crespo, Delgado, Gonzalez, Guzzardi, Hernandez B, Hernandez L, Mah, Moeller, Ortiz, Ramirez, Villa, Willis, Zalewski
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. – The Illinois Legislative Latino Caucus released the following statement in response to the illegitimate lawsuit by four county sheriffs who are defending the extrajudicial detention of immigrants that allows some of these interests to benefit from...
Feb 27, 2020 | Hernandez B
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. – State Rep. Barbara Hernandez, D-Aurora, is working to get guns out of dangerous hands by backing legislation to expand the list of people who can file for a firearm restraining order to include employers, coworkers and teachers. “Last year, our...
Feb 26, 2020 | Hernandez B
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. – State Rep. Barbara Hernandez, D-Aurora, is working to combat rising higher education costs and raise awareness of the increasing financial burden colleges and universities place on students by introducing a resolution declaring May 29, 2020 as...
Feb 26, 2020 | Andrade, Crespo, Delgado, Gonzalez, Guzzardi, Hernandez B, Hernandez L, Mah, Moeller, Ortiz, Ramirez, Villa, Willis, Zalewski
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. – The Illinois Legislative Latino Caucus released the following statement in response to the Republican attempts to misrepresent legislation preventing the extrajudicial detention of immigrants: “While we have made tremendous progress to protect the...
Feb 19, 2020 | Andrade, Delgado, Gonzalez, Guzzardi, Hernandez B, Hernandez L, Mah, Morgan, Ortiz, Ramirez, Willis, Zalewski
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. – The Illinois Legislative Latino Caucus released the following statement in response to Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s budget address: “Last year marked a historic moment for working families in Illinois and we’re ready to continue building on that progress...