ROMEOVILLE, Ill. – State Rep. Natalie Manley, D-Joliet, welcomed Will County Circuit Judge Collette Safford to discuss guardianship during a recent meeting of the Grandparents Raising Grandchildren Legislative Advisory Committee (GrandLAC).

ROMEOVILLE, Ill. – In an ongoing effort to help seniors, state Rep. Natalie Manley, D-Joliet, welcomed the Will County Emergency Management Agency (EMA) to help inform seniors at Rep. Manley’s monthly Retirees Legislative Advisory Committee, called RLAC.

JOLIET, Ill. – State Rep. Natalie Manley, D-Joliet, is spreading awareness of a “Creating Peace: Networking for Nonviolence” event Saturday, Feb. 28, 2026, presented by the Non Violent Cities Project – Joliet.

In preparation of the upcoming session, state Rep. Natalie Manley, D-Joliet, along with state Sen. Meg Loughran Cappel, D-Shorewood, state Rep. Dagmara “Dee” Avelar, D-Bolingbrook, and state Rep. Harry Benton, D-Plainfield, met with the school superintendents from Minooka, Plainfield, Lockport, Joliet, Richland and Oswego.

State Rep. Natalie Manley, D-Joliet, issued the following statement Wednesday after the governor’s annual Budget Address:

ROMEOVILLE, Ill. – In preparation of the upcoming legislative session, state Rep. Natalie Manley, D-Joliet, along with state Rep. Dagmara “Dee” Avelar, D-Bolingbrook, and state Sen. Meg Loughran Cappel, D-Shorewood, met with the fire chiefs and deputy chiefs from Plainfield, Bolingbrook and Joliet.

State Rep. Natalie Manley, D-Joliet, is partnering with the American Red Cross and local legislators to host an annual blood drive in recognition of International Women’s Day. This year, Rep. Manley is asking for donor participation from diverse ethnicities in an effort to address the urgent need for compatible matches for those who have rare blood
types, especially people with Sickle Cell Disease.

JOLIET, Ill. – State Rep. Natalie Manley, D-Joliet, continues to bring the voices of women from her district to Springfield, through her membership in the Illinois House Democrats’ Women’s Caucus, as it reconvened for the new session earlier this week. Locally, Rep. Manley hosts a reoccurring forum for constituents to engage directly with lawmakers and share their insights for future policy development, called the Women’s Legislative Advisory Committee (WLAC). State Rep. Dagmara “Dee” Avelar, D-Bolingbrook, also attends the WLAC meetings.

JOLIET, Ill. – State Rep. Natalie Manley, D-Joliet, joined her neighbor, Chris Springer, in delivering household items to Stepping Stones’ Recovery Home for Women with Children. Springer -- and her family of eight children and 10 siblings, the Shanklands, -- gifted...

As part of a series of initiatives, State Rep. Natalie Manley, D-Joliet, again met with a collaboration of community members, including Birth to Five Illinois, to discuss early childhood education, and early intervention. State Sen. Meg Loughran Cappel, D-Shorewood, is also part of the collaboration meetings. Both Rep. Manley and Sen. Cappel are co-chairs of the newly formed Illinois Legislative Neurodiversity Caucus.