Mayfield Issues Statement on Cemetery Vandalism

WAUKEGAN, Ill. – In response to the desecration of gravestones at Congregation Am Echod Jewish Cemetery in Waukegan this week, state Rep. Rita Mayfield, D-Waukegan, is issuing the following statement. “This despicable act of vandalism is appalling and I join...

Mayfield Renews Warnings of Coal Plant Hazards to Groundwater

WAUKEGAN, Ill. – Following a new report detailing multiple and repeated failures by Illinois power plants to take adequate steps to protect groundwater from dangerous contamination, state Rep. Rita Mayfield, D-Waukegan, is once again raising the alarm. “Power...

Mayfield Probes Dept. of Corrections Inconsistencies

WAUKEGAN, Ill. – State Rep. Rita Mayfield, D-Waukegan, Chairperson of the Illinois House Appropriations-Public Safety Committee, is seeking answers from the Illinois Department of Corrections (IDOC) following a report which details how people incarcerated in at least...

Mayfield Statement on Roe Decision

WAUKEGAN, Ill. – State Rep. Rita Mayfield, D-Waukegan, issued a statement following the Supreme Court’s ruling which overturned Roe v. Wade. “This is an awful day for women everywhere. Women’s rights, indeed their very place as equal members of society, depends on...