Jan 16, 2026 | Buckner
CHICAGO – Completing years of work from reformers, law enforcement and business leaders, the transformational “clean slate” criminal justice reforms that state Rep. Kam Buckner, D-Chicago, helped pass last fall were signed into law today. “The reality of our criminal...
Dec 12, 2025 | Buckner
CHICAGO – Locations where everyone should feel safe will be better protected from warrantless immigration raids under a new law backed by state Rep. Kam Buckner, D-Chicago, expanding due process protections for all people at hospitals, daycares, courthouses and...
Nov 18, 2025 | Buckner
CHICAGO – Following his successful fight to deliver mobile identification options to Illinoisans, state Rep. Kam Buckner, D-Chicago, is announcing that legislation he spearheaded will now enable residents to store their drivers’ licenses and state IDs on their phones...
Nov 13, 2025 | Buckner
CHICAGO – State Rep. Kam Buckner, D-Chicago, responded to Donald Trump’s lies about Chicago’s iconic business corridor, the “Magnificent Mile:” “As usual, Donald Trump is spewing wild criticisms of Chicago to try and distract from the damning failures he can’t seem to...
Oct 17, 2025 | Buckner
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — State Rep. Kam Buckner, D-Chicago, led passage of a resolution Wednesday condemning the Trump Administration’s funding freeze of the Chicago Transit Authority’s (CTA) planned Red Line Extension. This southside transit project, which had already...