This week, our Fall Intern, Cairo, traveled to Springfield for veto session! He joined me on the House floor, took a first-time tour of the Capitol, and sat in on a Revenue Committee hearing. It was a great opportunity for him to experience the legislative process firsthand! 📜🏛️

🦃🧡 Our office will be closed today, November 22, from 9am to 2pm as staff is attending the 1st Ward Thanksgiving Resource Fair at Haas Park. We will reopen later from 2pm to 5pm. Please contact us at (773) 853-2570 or at [email protected] for assistance. Thank you!

My office is kicking off our annual Winter Clothing Drive! Through 12/16, we are accepting donations for new or gently used: 🧥 Coats 🥾 Boots 🧣 Scarves 🧢 Hats 🧤 Gloves and Mittens 👶 And new diapers!

🚗💬Are you paying too much for car insurance? Join State Reps Guzzardi & Jimenez, the IL Coalition for Fair Car Insurance Rates, & Northwest Center for a Town Hall on legislative efforts to stop discriminatory car insurance practices! 📆Monday, 12/9 ⏰6:00PM 📍5318 W. Diversey

🦃🍁 Our office will be closed Wednesday, November 27 through Friday, November 29 in observance of Thanksgiving. We will re-open on Monday, December 2, from 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM. We wish you and yours a restful, reflective, and safe holiday. Thank you!

Join us at Portage-Cragin Library TOMORROW from 10am to 2pm!

☕💬 Join Cook County Commissioner Anthony Quezada and me at Magnífico Coffee Roasters this Saturday, December 14 from 10am to 12pm for a community meet and greet and complimentary cup of coffee!

❄️☃️ Our office will be closed from Friday, December 20 through Wednesday, January 1 for the holidays. We will re-open on Thursday, January 2, from 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM. Thank you, and happy holidays to you and yours!

📜 🏛Thanks to your ongoing support & advocacy, we successfully enacted several key pieces of legislation this year that will have a lasting positive impact on our district. These are the new laws I led the way on enacting this past year that will be effective on January 1, 2025!

Stay warm, Chicago!🧣Prepare for lower temperatures. Warming centers, including 190+ public spaces like Chicago Public Libraries, Park Districts, Police Stations, & City Colleges, will be open. For more info or to locate a center, call 3-1-1 or visit 311.chicago.gov.

IPP'ers are celebrating a new Illinois law that will establish an emerging adult program to provide education and career skills for incarcerated young people aged 18-21. Thanks to Will Guzzardi for leading this fight. wandtv.com/news/new-illin…

Illinois implemented the Pretrial Fairness Act and showed the rest of the country what a pretrial system without money bail could look like. What happened? A reduction in pretrial jailing, missed court dates and crime.

Join us on Thursday, January 16th if you're a Jefferson Township taxpayer and looking to appeal your property value assessment! We're here to help if you'd like to appeal, have questions, or want to learn more about the Cook County property tax system.

Please remember that all CPL branches are warming centers. All CPL branches will be open on Sunday, January 19 from 1 pm to 5 pm. All CPL branches will be closed on Monday, January 20. To find additional warming centers, call 3-1-1 or visit 311.chicago.gov.

❄✊🏾 Our office will be closed on Monday, Jan 20 in observance of Martin Luther King Jr. Day. We will be working remotely on Tuesday, Jan 21 due to the extreme cold & available via phone & email. The office will re-open on Wednesday, Jan 22 from 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM. Thank you!

Eligible local grocers can now apply for funding to receive energy-efficient equipment upgrades through the Illinois Grocery Initiative’s Equipment Upgrades Program. Learn more: dceo.illinois.gov/news/press-rel…

Our office will be closed on Wednesday, 2/12 and on Monday, 2/17 in observance of Lincoln’s Birthday and Presidents’ Day, respectively. The district office will re-open on the following days from 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM: Thursday, 2/13 and Tuesday, 2/18. Thank you!

The LoSAH Center of Hope is starting a Queer Youth Support Group. The free 8-week, in-person group will be on Tuesdays, from 6 to 7:30pm starting on 3/4. Capacity is limited! If you have questions, please call (773) 433-1995 or email Rian Jones, LCSW, at [email protected].

DFSS Rental Assistance Program is now open. For more information or to apply online visit chicago.gov/fss/RAP

🪪✈️For IL residents who fly domestically, the federal gov't has extended the deadline to 5/7/25 that will require you to use a valid U.S. Passport or obtain a REAL ID from the IL Secretary of State. Learn more: realid.ilsos.gov