by | Jun 24, 2015 | Advocacy Alerts, Advocacy Updates
The Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies marked up its FY16 spending bill on Tuesday, June 23. Both Illinois Senators, Mark Kirk and Richard Durbin, serve on this committee. Not all of the details of...
by | Jun 4, 2015 | Advocacy Alerts, Advocacy Updates
On May 13, the House Committee on Appropriations passed its FY16 Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies (THUD) bill, H.R. 2577, by a party line vote. The full House will now consider this federal budget bill. It is critical that advocates...
by | May 13, 2015 | Advocacy Alerts, Advocacy Updates
Governor Rauner’s proposed budget would devastate our families and communities. But lawmakers and the governor don’t have to make those cuts—they have a choice. Instead of painful cuts to vital programs for our children, families and communities, lawmakers and the...
by | Apr 16, 2015 | Advocacy Alerts, Advocacy Updates
There are just six weeks until the scheduled end of the Illinois General Assembly session and it’s imperative that we all be talking to our state elected officials about increasing revenue to make Governor Rauner’s proposed budget cuts for next year, FY...
by | Mar 9, 2015 | Advocacy Alerts
State Senator Toi Hutchison has introduced Senate Bill 1547, which will protect tenants and landlords from evictions, fines, or loss of a business simply because they called the police when they were in need. It seems common sense that people should not be punished...
by | Feb 19, 2015 | Advocacy Alerts, Advocacy Updates
Illinois Governor Bruce Rauner released his fiscal year 2016 budget proposal yesterday. As we expected, Governor Rauner’s plan to solve Illinois’ longstanding budget problems includes devastating cuts to vital human service programs that meet the needs of...
