SPRINGFIELD, Ill. – State Rep. Diane Pappas, D-Itasca, recently voted in favor of legislation to help equalize wages for women by passing a bill out of the House that stops employers who use an applicant’s salary history to maintain unfair wage-gap practices. “Unequal...
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. – State Rep. Lance Yednock, D-Ottawa, met with members of the Streator-area Future Farmers of America (FFA) during their visit to the Capitol this week.“Organizations like the FFA allow our young people to grow and develop,” said Yednock. “Farmers...
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. – Committed to reforming local government, state Rep. Daniel Didech, D-Buffalo Grove advanced legislation today that would ensure Lake County Board members cannot collect salary benefits if they are receiving pensions benefits from the Illinois...
CHICAGO – Fighting to keep drug prices and other medical costs under control for patients, state Rep. Thaddeus Jones, D-Calumet City, recently held a hearing to discuss to the consequences of wholesale distributors hiking prescription drugs without public oversight....
BELLEVILLE, Ill. – State Rep. Jay Hoffman, D-Swansea, co-chair of the Pritzker administration’s Restoring Illinois’ Infrastructure Committee, responded on Tuesday to a recent committee report and renewed his commitment to work with subject matter experts to move the...