Meet N Greet, Tammy Duckworth, Friday, October 14, 2016

Please join

Sunil Puri

and

Democratic County Chairman Charlie Laskonis

for a Meet & Greet with

Congresswoman Tammy Duckworth

Candidate for U.S. Senate

Come meet Illinois' next US Senator and discuss the issues important to you.

 

Appetizers and soft drinks will be provided.

Friday, October 14th

6:00 – 7:00 PM

Radisson Hotel

200 S. Bell Rd

Rockford, IL

RSVP Online! 

 http://www.tammyduckworth.com/RockfordOct14

Please RSVP by 12:00  pm on Thursday, October 13

(Editor note: looks like registration is still open online, give it a try!)

 

For more information or to RSVP, please contact Sharon Weber or Eric Stern at

(312)  955-0573 or  Eric@TammyDuckworth.com

Paid for by Tammy for Illinois

Senator Stadelman's Weekly Bulletin - October 13, 2016

Courts reinstate same-day voter registration

Voters in Winnebago County will be able to register to vote and cast ballots on the same day after a federal appeals court last week temporarily blocked a lower court ruling against the legislation. The ruling suspends a court challenge to the law and allows same-day voting to occur Nov. 8 in Illinois.

Under the new law, supported by State Senator Steve Stadelman as an effort to expand participation in the electoral process, counties with more than 100,000 residents and smaller counties that keep electronic records must allow Election Day registration. The legal challenge came from a conservative policy institute that argued same-day voting slights rural areas that tend to favor Republican candidates.

Feds warn against 'race to the bottom' on workers' comp

The U.S. Department of Labor is warning of a "race to the bottom" across America as states strip workers of vital workplace protections so that companies can save on workers' compensation costs. Workers' compensation has been a key issue in Illinois, and Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner's agenda includes dramatic reductions in worker protections. The labor department's new report provides a disturbing look at what happened in other states when similar agendas took hold.

The report's authors conclude that although corporations may be saving money, the dismantling of workers' compensation benefits results in injured workers and their families being saddled with

debt, forced into poverty and reliant on government welfare programs.

According to the report, released last week, "working people are at great risk of falling into poverty." It also says that benefits changes made across the country resulted in "the failure of state

workers' compensation systems to provide [injured workers] with adequate benefits."

The labor department is calling for possible national minimum standards for workers' compensation benefits and federal oversight when states fall short. Without intervention, federal labor officials

say, the system will continue to put injured workers "on a pathway to poverty."

Senate Democrats demand justice for sexual abuse victims Former Speaker of the U.S. House Dennis Hastert is an admitted sex offender, but he is in prison for bank fraud, not sex crimes. That's because the deadline to prosecute his crimes against his former students ran out long ago, and Illinois prosecutors are powerless to do anything today. State Senator Steve Stadelman supports lifting the statute of limitations for prosecution in child sex abuse cases in Illinois. Two proposals to remove time limitations on prosecution of child sex offenders were the subject of a committee hearing last week in Chicago that featured testimony from Scott Cross, a former student, now 54, who Hastert abused when he taught and coached wrestling at Yorkville High School. Harlem news conference focuses on unfair education funding Harlem High School administrators, teachers and students conducted a news conference last week to shed light on the inequities of education funding in Illinois. "We rely too heavily on property taxes, which forces higher local tax rates and results in inequitable funding in schools across the state," said State Senator Steve Stadelman, who also spoke and who has co-sponsored past legislation to attempt to change the state's funding formula. Following the news conference, students on the "Link Crew" gave guests a tour of the school. ​

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President Bill Clinton in Milwaukee, WI, Saturday, Oct 8

President Bill Clinton in Milwaukee, WI, Saturday!

 

President Bill Clinton will be campaigning for the Democratic ticket in

Milwaukee, Wisconsin

where he will lay out the stake's of November's election

 and emphasize Hillary Clinton's plans to create an economy that works for everyone,

 not just those at the top.

 

When: Saturday October 8th 2016

Doors Open at 3 PM

 

Where: IBEW Local 494

3003 South 103rd Street, Milwaukee

 

Please RSVP at the link below to reserve your space:

 

https://www.hillaryclinton.com/events/view/4D6JJGCUUUGDPIDX/

 

We look forward to seeing you tomorrow!

--

Crystal Miller

Deputy Political Director

Wisconsin Coordinated Campaign

608-209-6326

David Soll For County Board Fundraiser, Thursday, October 7

David Soll, Democratic Candidate for County Board Member

is having a Fundraiser

Today, Friday, October 7, 2016

See Flyer for Details Below

Senator Stadelman's Weekly Bulletin - October 4, 2016

Stadelman disappointed in same-day voter registration ruling

 

State Senator Steve Stadelman expressed frustration with a judge's decision last week to block some Election Day voter registrations in Illinois.

"While I respect the role of the judiciary in government, I'm disappointed any time access to the polls is restricted," said Stadelman, who supported the 2014 initiative to allow Election Day registration at Illinois polling places. "We should be working to make voting easier and encourage more participation in the electoral process." 

The legal arm of a conservative political think tank backed by Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner challenged the law in court in August. A judge last week ruled in its favor and issued a preliminary injunction.

Stadelman said the court ruling is particularly troubling combined with Rauner's recent veto of automatic voter registration, which the General Assembly passed with bipartisan support. Under that bill, motorists would have automatically been registered to vote -- or had their voting records automatically updated -- when obtaining or renewing a driver's license.

Free dictionary program continues for its 20th year

State Senator Steve Stadelman took part in "sort day" for the Sara Ingrassia-Jackie Confer Dictionary Fund. Volunteers packaged more than 3,000 dictionaries to be given later this month to all 3rd-graders who attend Rockford Public Schools.

The dictionaries, which are free to students and theirs to keep at the end of the school year, are used in classroom assignments during third grade. No public funds are used to purchase or distribute the dictionaries; the program depends entirely on charitable contributions for individuals, corporations, service clubs and PTOs.

Stadelman praises completion of downtown pedestrian bridge 

A former railroad crossing turned foot bridge over the Rock River is a prime example of intergovernmental cooperation and another key downtown redevelopment project, Senator Steve Stadelman said of the new attraction that opened for public use last week.

More than half of the $1.6 million cost of converting the bridge, which connects recreation paths between Davis Park and the UW Sports Factory, was paid through the Illinois Transportation Enhancement Program.

"Projects like the pedestrian bridge often don't come to pass without multiple funding sources," Stadelman said. "A vibrant urban core is essential to a prosperous community, so anything that benefits downtown Rockford benefits the entire region."

• WTVO-17 News Report