CHICAGO – As President Joe Biden visited Illinois Wednesday to discuss his American Families Plan, state Rep. La Shawn K. Ford, D-Chicago, joined community leaders to call for federal investment in Chicago’s workforce to create a new trade school. “I agree with...
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. – Following Wednesday’s passage of a proposal to create an elected Chicago Public Schools board, state Rep. La Shawn K. Ford, D-Chicago, is encouraging the use of a task force to ensure that the voices of students, parents and teachers are properly...
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. – State Rep. La Shawn K. Ford, D-Chicago, reflected on this spring’s General Assembly following adjournment Tuesday: “As we continue to deal with the short and long-term impacts of the pandemic, it was critically-important that we pass a spending...
SPRINGFIELD, IL – After taking the oath of office as state Representative of the Eighth District of Illinois for his sixth time on Wednesday, state Rep. La Shawn K. Ford, D-Chicago, issued the following statement: “It is frustrating that we have been through the...