News & Events

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News

Recent Articles

The Homeschool Act aims to implement regulations to protect kids in Illinois

The Homeschool Act aims to implement regulations to protect kids in Illinois

An investigation by ProPublica and Capitol News Illinois discovered that children were being mistreated and neglected while being homeschooled. State Representative and Chair of the Adoption and Child Welfare Committee in the Illinois House, Terra Costa Howard, joins Dane Neal, filling in for Jon Hansen for Let’s Gel Legal. The two discuss homeschooling and the new bill that hopes to protect children’s education when they are learning at home.

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Events

June 2025
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Newsletters

May 29th

May 29th

We have a great new group of interns working in our office this summer, and I can’t wait for you to meet them. So I’ll be sending them to your doorsteps to ask you to fill out our 2025 Constituent Survey.

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May 22nd

May 22nd

We’re coming down to the wire on the budget here in Springfield, but I wanted to take a moment to congratulate some of our former interns on their college graduations!

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May 15th

May 15th

The biggest event coming up in the district this week has to be Lombard’s Lilac Parade on Sunday.

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Videos

Gun Violence Prevention Day
Land Acknowledgement Ceremony