SPRINGFIELD - State Senator Toi Hutchinson (D - Chicago Heights) released the following statement after today's budget address from Governor Rauner:

“Over the next few months, this proposal will get the scrutiny it deserves as we answer very serious questions about the role of government and our moral responsibility to care for and protect the most vulnerable among us while we steer Illinois out of a very real crisis.

The stakes are too high and these issues are too important for us to make decisions based on false assumptions and ideology. The people of Illinois deserve and demand better than that.”

Hutchinson also appeared on Politics Tonight with Paul Lisnek to discuss the governor's budget address. Click here to watch the interview.

“Those who once had no hope of turning their hard work into a comfortable living may now feel a little more at ease
paying their bills and supporting their children." - State Senator Toi Hutchinson (D - Chicago Heights)

SPRINGFIELD – After a majority of Illinoisans voted in favor of an increase this past November in the state’s minimum wage, the Illinois Senate voted today to make their will the law of the land.

“Yes, we have increased the minimum wage by a set dollar amount, but we must not let this victory prohibit us from continuing to look for ways to provide relief for working families across this state,” Senator Toi Hutchinson (D – Chicago Heights) said. “Those who once had no hope of turning their hard work into a comfortable living may now feel a little more at ease paying their bills and supporting their children.”

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Tightened lending practices are preventing many first-time homebuyers from accessing the needed capital to buy a home.

Recently, the Illinois Housing Development Authority launched the Welcome Home Illinois program, which is a loan program to help make homeownership a reality for Illinois' first-time homebuyers.

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“Our democracy works best when voters have a direct voice in deciding who
represents them and their interests.” - State Senator Toi Hutchinson (D - Chicago Heights)

SPRINGFIELD – Illinois voters, not politicians, will now have the opportunity to select a state comptroller in the 2016 election.

“Our democracy works best when voters have a direct voice in deciding who represents them and their interests,” Senator Toi Hutchinson (D – Chicago Heights) said. “Having politicians decide who will hold a statewide office for four years is inconsistent with reforms made over the past few years to make Illinois a more accountable, better-managed state.”

House Bill 4576, co-sponsored by Senator Hutchinson, passed the Senate today, setting up a 2016 election for comptroller. With the passing of Judy Baar Topinka, the legislation gives voters the chance to select a comptroller at the next general election.

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