Southern Illinois

Representative Bill Black’s Danville office was the target of a budget protest on Thursday. Home care and child care workers from the area rallied in the front of the office to demand that Rep. Black stop devastating cuts to home care and child care by supporting a fair increase to the state’s income tax.

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Home care and child care workers joined children and working parents at a rally outside the district offices of State Representatives Bradley and Phelps June 15th at two in a series of statewide protests aimed at members of the Illinois House of Representatives who voted against an increase in the state’s income tax.

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State Representative Eddie Jackson worked alongside an East St. Louis home child care provider Monday, assisting with daily tasks, activities and the care of 6 children. Rep. Jackson got a firsthand look at a form of critical care in Illinois that is currently facing a $50 million budget shortfall and threats of even greater cuts.

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