SPRINGFIELD, Ill. – Continuing her efforts to combat teenage smoking, state Rep. Camille Y. Lilly, D-Chicago, introduced legislation that increases the age to buy tobacco products to 21. “I’ve said it time and time again that if you don’t have your health, you don’t...
CHICAGO – State Rep. Camille Y. Lilly, D-Chicago, is seeking local residents’ ideas for new progressive legislative proposals to be introduced next year to tackle common problems and improve Illinois for everyone.“There are limitless ideas we can come up with, and I...
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. – During the annual Tech Day at the Capitol, state Rep. Camille Y. Lilly, D-Chicago, toured student-made science projects from Rhodes Elementary and Oak Park-River Forest High School. “It’s always great to see students engage in STEM-related...
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 – State Rep. Camille Y. Lilly, D-Chicago, is demanding Gov. Rauner stop offshoring his employees’ salaries onto human service agencies and be more transparent in his office’s hiring practices. “Governor Rauner, like many governors before him, has put the costs...