Apr 17, 2019 | Jones
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. – Property tax relief would be more easily available to Cook County seniors under a bill supported by state Rep. Thaddeus Jones, D-Calumet City, which removes an unfair requirement forcing them reapply for a tax exemption every year. “People living...
Apr 11, 2019 | Jones
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. – People committing religiously-motivated hate crimes would face stricter punishments for targeting people in places of worship under a bill supported by state Rep. Thaddeus Jones, D-Calumet City.“We have to fight against the increasing spread of...
Apr 5, 2019 | Jones
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. – State Rep. Thaddeus Jones, D-Calumet City, is proposing a bill which would combat hate crimes and racial prejudice by funding mobile tolerance education centers for students across Illinois.“If we want to stop prejudice from invading our society,...
Mar 25, 2019 | Jones
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. – A bill backed by state Rep. Thaddeus Jones, D-Calumet City, will take steps toward a more comprehensive approach to ending workplace harassment and create guidelines and best practices for all employers. “Workplace harassment causes great pain to...
Mar 6, 2019 | Jones
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....