PLAINFIELD, Ill. — State Rep. Harry Benton, D-Plainfield, congratulates Staff Sergeant Tomee Phetsisouk—a decorated combat veteran of Operation Iraqi Freedom, in which he served as an infantry squad leader—after Phetsisouk and his two daughters were awarded a...
PLAINFIELD, Ill. — After a gunshot was fired at the home of state Sen. Meg Loughran Cappel, D- Shorewood, on Wednesday, state Rep. Harry Benton, D-Plainfield, issued a statement calling for peace and expressing support for the senator: “Senator Loughran Cappel and her...
CHICAGO — State Rep. Harry Benton, D-Plainfield, honored former Illinois Secretary of State Jesse White on Thursday, as luminaries and elected officials gathered to rename the state office building at 115 S. LaSalle St. in Chicago to the “Jesse White State of Illinois...
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — State Rep. Harry Benton, D-Plainfield, passed a compassionate and responsible budget that braces Illinois against the chaos and uncertainty caused by Washington, with targeted cuts and efficiencies that maintain core government programs and...
PLAINFIELD, Ill. — Following today’s conviction of Joseph Czuba for fatally stabbing six-year-old Wadee Alfayoumi and seriously wounding his mother, Hanan Shaheen, state Representative Harry Benton, D-Plainfield, issued a statement. “Nothing can bring back the...