Apr 8, 2025 | Uncategorized
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — State Rep. Dagmara “Dee” Avelar, D-Bolingbrook, is working to protectyoung people from the abusive practice of landlords dragging children into eviction cases.Avelar advanced legislation stopping landlords from suing children along with their...
May 29, 2024 | Buckner, Uncategorized
CHICAGO – A fiscally and socially responsible budget that helps cut costs for families, create new pathways forward for small businesses in underserved communities and work to shape a cleaner, more equitable transportation system are essential parts of the state Rep....
Oct 15, 2023 | Benton, Uncategorized
PLAINFIELD, Ill. – State Rep. Harry Benton released the following statement Sunday: “I join my Plainfield community in mourning the loss of a 6-year-old child, Wadea Al-Fayoume and praying for the recovery of his mother, Hanaan Shahin. This brutal violence is tragic...
Oct 6, 2023 | Costa Howard, Uncategorized
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. – House Democrats on the House Adoption & Child Welfare Committee, led by state Rep. Terra Costa Howard, D-Glen Ellyn, issued the following statement Thursday after Illinois Department of Child and Family Services (DCFS) Director Marc Smith...
Mar 22, 2023 | Scherer, Uncategorized
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. – While foster families continue to face obstacles that limit their access to nutritious food, state Rep. Sue Scherer, D-Decatur, recently presented a resolution that calls on the federal government to automatically qualify foster families for...
May 3, 2022 | Uncategorized
GLENVIEW, Ill. – State Rep. Jennifer Gong-Gershowitz, D-Glenview, issued the following statement in response to the leak of documents indicating the landmark reproductive rights Supreme Court decision, Roe v. Wade, is being overturned: “The possibility that Roe v....