WHEELING, Ill. – Along with state Sen. Ann Gillespie and many other area volunteers, state Rep. Mark Walker, D- Arlington Heights, recently attended a Help USA Troops Packing Party event and helped organize care packages to be sent to active duty troops abroad. “Help...
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. – State Rep. Stephanie Kifowit, D-Oswego, recently welcomed Army Veteran Jordan Mitchell of Monee to the state Capitol, culminating Mitchell’s 189-mile, five-day ruck march to Springfield to raise awareness of human trafficking and funds to assist...
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. – Families of military veterans would have more job opportunities under a bill backed by state Rep. Mike Halpin, D-Rock Island, which restores a hiring credit for employers of military personnel and expands the measure to cover their spouses’...
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. – Veterans would have fewer bureaucratic hoops to jump through during the process of obtaining a Veteran ID under legislation sponsored by state Rep. Stephanie Kifowit, D-Oswego, which passed the House on Friday. “The current process to get an ID...
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. – State Rep. Marty Moylan, D-Des Plaines, helped pass legislation this week that would allow school districts to honor students who dropped out to serve in the armed forces and later died in combat. “A gesture as simple as granting a high school...