SPRINGFIELD, Ill. – State Rep. Sonya M. Harper, D-Chicago, issued the following statement after the adjournment of the General Assembly’s spring legislative session: “I voted to pass a balanced budget that puts working and middle-class families first, while creating a...
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 – To help put Illinois home care workers who care for the state’s most vulnerable residents on a path towards a living wage, state Rep. Sonya M. Harper, D-Chicago, is pushing legislation that would establish a $15 minimum wage for Community Care Program...
SCHAUMBURG, Ill. – State Rep. Michelle Mussman is opposing efforts to remove 40,000 Illinois seniors from a program that allows them to stay in their homes and out of institutional care. Governor Bruce Rauner, through the Department on Aging, would end homecare...
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. – State Rep. Marty Moylan, D-Des Plaines, is standing with senior advocates to speak out against the Rauner Administration’s new rules that will strip care from 40,000 elderly residents, remove criminal background check requirements for caregivers...