DECATUR, Ill. – In an effort to hold accountable corporations that turn their backs on Illinois workers by shipping jobs overseas, state Rep. Sue Scherer, D-Decatur, helped pass legislation on Monday that will require businesses that move jobs out of state to pay back...
DECATUR, Ill. – State Rep. Sue Scherer, D-Decatur, is standing with seniors and senior advocates like AARP to oppose Washington politicians’ dangerous cuts to senior Meals on Wheels, which would affect the more than 115,000 elderly residents who depend on the program....
DECATUR, Ill. – As Illinois’ social service organizations, community colleges, and universities struggle to keep their doors open during the state’s nearly two-year budget crisis, state Rep. Sue Scherer, D-Decatur, recently supported a measure to provide desperately...
DECATUR, Ill. – In response to Gov. Rauner’s efforts to privatize nursing jobs at a dozen Illinois prisons, state Rep. Sue Scherer, D-Decatur, helped pass legislation Thursday that would prevent 124 prison nurses from being laid off and their jobs from being...
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. – In recognition of the Johns Hill Magnet School eighth grade boys basketball team winning the 2017 Illinois Elementary School Association Class 2A State Championship, state Rep. Sue Scherer, D-Decatur, recently introduced House Resolution 262 and...
DECATUR, Ill. –State Rep. Sue Scherer, D-Decatur, recently advanced legislation out of the House Transportation: Vehicles and Safety Committee to help prevent the misuse of old school buses to abduct students. “Student safety is a major concern of mine, as a former...