CHICAGO – In an effort to provide better wages to Illinois’ in-home care workers, state Rep. Camille Y. Lilly, D-Chicago, is sponsoring legislation to increase the hourly wage for frontline in-home care workers to $15 an hour, up from the current average wage of...
CHICAGO – As an effort to bring free resources to community members, state Rep. Theresa Mah, D-Chicago, is hosting a Community Health Fair this Saturday, March 24th, at Arturo Velasquez Institute, located at 2800 S Western Ave. in Chicago. “With the full-on attack on...
CHICAGO – Despite the presumption that all people accused of crimes are innocent until proven guilty, Illinois’ jails are largely populated by inmates that are awaiting trial and have not been convicted of a crime. In order to level the field for the falsely accused,...
CHICAGO – State Rep. Fran Hurley, D-Chicago, state Rep. Justin Slaughter, D-Chicago, and state Sen. Bill Cunningham, D-Chicago, recently hosted a recycling and composting environmental seminar for local residents throughout the community. “As citizens, there are many...
CHICAGO, Ill. – State Rep. Jaime Andrade, D-Chicago, supported a package of gun safety reforms that recently passed the Illinois House. “It is regretful that so many tragedies had to occur before we could pass such common sense gun laws,” Andrade said. “It is my hope...