CALUMET CITY, Ill. – Hoping to offer hands-on experience with state government and constituent services, state Rep. Thaddeus Jones, D-Calumet City, is looking for summer interns to assist with his community outreach.“Ensuring my offices’ resources are accessible as...
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. – Property tax relief would be more easily available to Cook County seniors under a bill supported by state Rep. Thaddeus Jones, D-Calumet City, which removes an unfair requirement forcing them reapply for a tax exemption every year. “People living...
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. – People committing religiously-motivated hate crimes would face stricter punishments for targeting people in places of worship under a bill supported by state Rep. Thaddeus Jones, D-Calumet City.“We have to fight against the increasing spread of...
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. – State Rep. Thaddeus Jones, D-Calumet City, is proposing a bill which would combat hate crimes and racial prejudice by funding mobile tolerance education centers for students across Illinois.“If we want to stop prejudice from invading our society,...
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. – A bill backed by state Rep. Thaddeus Jones, D-Calumet City, will take steps toward a more comprehensive approach to ending workplace harassment and create guidelines and best practices for all employers. “Workplace harassment causes great pain to...
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. – State Rep. Thaddeus Jones, D-Calumet City, recently voted to support equal pay by passing a measure that cracks down on employers that use discriminatory practices to lock women into a lifetime of unfair wages.“Unequal pay for women goes on in...