CHICAGO – State Rep. La Shawn K. Ford, D-Chicago, will join leading doctors from Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago, youth, parents and others to talk about the need to prevent youth violence and increase investment in youth employment and trauma...
CHICAGO – Landlords and property sellers would no longer be able to discriminate against a potential tenant or buyer due to their income source under a new law passed by state Rep. La Shawn K. Ford, D-Chicago, and signed by the governor Monday. “Housing discrimination...
CHICAGO – State Rep. La Shawn K. Ford, D-Chicago, issued the following statement after the reported shooting of an unarmed 13-year-old boy by Chicago Police Wednesday night in Austin: “It is disheartening to learn of the early details involving yesterday’s police...
CHICAGO – State Rep. La Shawn K. Ford, D-Chicago, released the following statement after learning of reports that the Supreme Court is set to overturn Roe v. Wade: “The battle over Roe v. Wade is about controlling a woman’s body, and I am alarmed that an extremist...
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. – State Rep. La Shawn K. Ford, D-Chicago, is encouraging the General Assembly to take action to increase the Local Government Distributive Fund (LGDF) formula rate so that Chicago can have access to an additional $125 million to commit toward...