CHICAGO – State Senators Sara Feigenholtz and Robert Martwick (D-Chicago) are spearheading a measure to restore vehicle emissions testing sites within the city of Chicago limits after they were removed over five years ago. “The city of Chicago has a population of 2.8 million people,” Feigenholtz said. “Removing every last testing station within the city was an ill-conceived scheme and another post-mortem blunder of the
SPRINGFIELD – Members of the General Assembly stood together in solidarity during a press conference Wednesday to condemn the anti-Semitic literature anonymously distributed recently in the district State Senator Laura Fine (D-Glenview) represents, and to provide members of the community actionable ways they can stand up against antisemitism and hate speech. “This incident is disturbing and intolerable,” Senator Fine said. “As an individual, and
SPRINGFIELD- State Senator Sara Feigenholtz (D-Chicago) joined the Illinois Hotel and Lodging Association to urge the General Assembly to pass the Hotel Jobs Recovery Program, which would allocate funds toward rehiring workers after a two year record low occupancy rate caused by the pandemic. “Nationally and right here in Illinois, the tourism industry took the hardest hit throughout the pandemic,” said Feigenholtz. “Unlike other
