SPRINGFIELD, Ill. – Emphasizing the opportunity to save lives, state Rep. La Shawn K. Ford, D-Chicago, will lead a Blue Room press conference with advocates Thursday to discuss his proposal for the Department of Human Services (DHS) to create and implement an Overdose...
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. – State Rep. La Shawn K. Ford, D-Chicago, issued the following statement Wednesday after the governor’s annual budget address: “With Washington in a state of recklessness, now more than ever we need to deliver a state budget that understands and...
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. – With a new General Assembly beginning, state Rep. La Shawn K. Ford, D-Chicago, wants to prioritize passage of a consumer protection Delta-8 plan and has filed the first bill in the Illinois House this legislative session. “There is a lot of...
CHICAGO – In the wake of the murder of Sonya Massey in Springfield, state Rep. La Shawn K. Ford, D-Chicago, will join U.S. Congressman Danny Davis, Chicago Ald. Emma Mitts, HealingTemple Church, officers from the Chicago Police Department’s 15th District and other...
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. – State Rep. La Shawn K. Ford, D-Chicago, will welcome exonerated individuals Wednesday in the Capitol Blue Room at 12:30 p.m. to discuss the need for Springfield to take action and raise compensation caps for those wrongfully convicted. “When people...