Joliet – State Senator AJ Wilhelmi (D-Joliet) has decided that he will no longer participate in the Legislative Tuition Waiver Program.
"For the past several months, I have been debating whether to continue awarding legislative scholarships to college-bound students who live in the 43rd District," Wilhelmi said. "In the end, I decided that the problems with the program outweigh its benefits."

Concerns voiced by public bodies from across the State regarding the Freedom of Information Act ("FOIA") led to the passage of House Bill 1716, sponsored by Senator Don Harmon (D-Oak Park). This legislation makes several changes to the system of processing FOIA requests while still protecting the core purpose of this widely used transparency tool.
Springfield, IL— State Senator Toi Hutchinson (D-Chicago Heights) passed legislation out of the Senate today that will clarify which municipality receives the local portion of sales tax on a purchase order. Illinois uses origination sourcing when determining which unit of local government receives the sales tax on a purchase order that is placed in another municipality. Origination sourcing means sales tax is paid on an order based on where that order is received instead of where an order is delivered.
Forby stands up for workers’ rights, says more talks are needed to come up with an agreed upon solution
Illinois Senator Linda Holmes says proposed reforms are too costly for workers, maintains that more open discussions are needed to reach final agreement
Springfield, IL – State Senator Ed Maloney (D-Chicago), co-sponsor of the education reform bill presented today, Senate Bill 7, said this represents the greatest change in Illinois education since the 1990s and will bring meaningful improvements for students.
Legislation Intended To Open Up County and Local Government
SPRINGFIELD, IL –State Senator Michael Frerichs (D – Champaign) moved SB 2232, the Taxpayer Transparency Act, through the Illinois Senate’s Executive Committee with unanimous support. The Taxpayer Transparency Act requires all bills making appropriations with taxpayer dollars be conveniently available to the public for at least 4 days on the General Assembly website before final legislative action.
Measure would lead to cost savings for Illinois Taxpayers