State Rep. Lindsey LaPointe

The disabled community — families and providers — has made a very strong case for a $4 per hour wage increase for frontline staff who feed, bathe, help with daily medications, take community-home residents to outings and jobs and much, much more, four state lawmakers write.

Illinois must provide more funding for people with disabilities

Our state ranks 49th out of 50 states for funding and support of the estimated 300,000 Illinoisans with intellectual and developmental disabilities and their families. That has to change, state lawmakers write.

By State Rep. Lindsey LaPointe, State Rep. Lakesia Collins, and 2 more