MOLINE, Ill. – State Rep. Mike Halpin, D-Rock Island, is hosting a town hall meeting with local community senior service providers in response to the withdrawal rules that would have made dangerous cuts to senior care programs. The town hall meeting will be held on...
ROCK ISLAND, Ill. – Local families will have greater access to information about the dangers of heroin and prescription opioid abuse under a measure sponsored by state Rep. Mike Halpin, D-Rock Island, that was recently signed into law. “Opioid and heroin overdoses...
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. – Legislation passed by state Rep. Mike Halpin, D-Rock Island, which would close a loophole that allowed disgraced former U.S. House Speaker Dennis Hastert to avoid prosecution for sex crimes was recently signed into law. “It is outrageous and...
ROCK ISLAND, Ill. – In an effort to crack down on corporate outsourcing, state Rep. Mike Halpin, D-Rock Island, has introduced a measure requiring companies that move call centers out of Illinois to provide advance notice and repay all grants, loans and tax benefits....
ROCK ISLAND, Ill. – State Rep. Mike Halpin, D-Rock Island, joined by local school superintendents and education advocates in Illinois detailed the devastating effects that Gov. Rauner’s veto of education funding would have on education in Illinois, including the loss...