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February 16, 2012 - Rep. May Sponsors Bill to Rid Receipts of Toxins To protect consumers and employees from significant health risks, state Representative Karen May (D-Highland Park) is championing legislation that will prohibit toxins commonly found in cash register and sales receipts. ... read more>> |
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January 24, 2012 - What Are We Thinking? I just received a check from Illinois State Comptroller Judy Barr Topinka for 5 cents, for interest owed to me! Can you imagine what it cost the state to issue that check? According to the Comptroller's office, it costs $18. Needless to say, I won't cash it. ... read more>> |
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January 19, 2012 - Sen. Garrett, Reps. May and Nekritz Will Not Offer General Assembly Tuition Waivers in 2012 To end an unwarranted burden on cash-strapped colleges and universities, State Sen. Susan Garrett (D - Lake Forest), and State Reps. Karen May (D – Highland Park) and Elaine Nekritz (D – Des Plaines) announced Tuesday that they will not participate in the General Assembly tuition waiver program that lets legislators waive state college tuition for a number of students in their districts. ... read more>> |
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January 13, 2011 - Rep. Karen May Proposes Ban on Hand-held Cell Phone Use While Driving With the goal of enhancing safety for motorists and pedestrians, State Representative Karen May (D-Highland Park) recently introduced HB 3970 to prevent all Illinois drivers from using cellular phones or other personal electronic devices unless in a hands-free mode. ... read more>> |
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November 4, 2011 - May Named Chairman of the Illinois House Environment and Energy Committee State Rep. Karen May (D-Highland Park) announced today that she has recently been appointed the new Chairperson of the Illinois House of Representatives’ Environment and Energy Committee. ... read more>> |
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October 28, 2011 - May Legislation To Close Blatant Loophole in Taxpayer-Funded Pension System Passes House In response to recent reports of egregious pension abuses in the City of Chicago, state Rep. Karen May (D- Highland Park) passed legislation out of the Illinois House on Thursday aimed at closing a glaring loophole in current pension law ... read more>> |
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October 19, 2011 - May Selected to Attend Wireless University Communications Policy Seminar State Rep. Karen May (D-Highland Park) recently attended the National Conference of State Legislators (NCSL) “Wireless University Communications Policy Seminar,” held with state legislators from across the country. ... read more>> |
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October 5, 2011 - May Introduces Legislation To Stop Abuse of Taxpayer Funded Pension System, Close Blatant Loophole In response to egregious pension abuses in the City of Chicago, State Rep. Karen May (D- Highland Park) recently introduced legislation aimed at closing a glaring loophole in current pension laws that allows labor leaders to unfairly boost their pensions at taxpayers’ expense. ... read more>> |
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September 28, 2011 - State Rep. Karen May: Not Running for Reelection State Rep. Karen May (D-Highland Park) on Wednesday announced she will not seek re-election next fall to the post she has held since January 2001. After serving as a member of the Highland Park City Council and Highland Park Historic Preservation Commission, May first took office as state representative after winning election to the office in November 2000. Area voters have re-elected her overwhelmingly since then, but after serving more than a decade in the Legislature, May decided now is the time to finish her legislative tenure. ... read more>> |
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September 8, 2011 - May Introduces Legislation Requiring Caretakers to Report Missing Children To protect our loved ones and reduce cases of missing children in Illinois, state Rep. Karen May (D-Highland Park) recently introduced legislation creating strict reporting requirements for parents or caretakers of children under the age of 13 who disappear. ... read more>> |
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September 6, 2011 - May Measure Keeping Guns from Crime Suspects Signed Into Law Legislation sponsored by state Rep. Karen May (D- Highland Park) was recently signed into law to help the Illinois State Police monitor firearm possession of various criminal suspects who are out on bail ... read more>> |
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August 31, 2011 - May Measure to Save Taxpayer Dollars and Reduce Pension Abuse Signed Into Law To save taxpayers money and reduce public pension obligations, comprehensive legislation sponsored by state Rep. Karen May (D-Highland Park) creating new regulations to ensure that extra costs of municipal pensions are not being unfairly passed onto taxpayers was recently signed into law. ... read more>> |
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August 25, 2011 - May Law Ensures Continued Funding of Emergency Services To ensure continued funding for 911 emergency services in Illinois, legislation sponsored by state Rep. Karen May (D-Highland Park) that more evenly distributes funding from all wireless customers was signed into law on Friday. ... read more>> |
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August 19, 2011 - May Backed Legislation to Protect Funerals of Fallen Soldiers Signed into Law To honor and protect the dignity and respect of our fallen soldiers, legislation co-sponsored by state Rep. Karen May (D-Highland Park) to prevent protestors within 300 feet of a military funeral was signed into law last week. ... read more>> |
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August 17, 2011 - May Pension Reforms to Save Taxpayers Dollars Signed into Law To address the rising cost of pension obligations that are being passed onto taxpayers, legislation sponsored by state Rep. Karen May (D-Highland Park) aimed at preventing artificially-inflated public employees' pensions was signed into law last week. ... read more>> |
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August 5, 2011 - May Holds Autism and Developmental Disabilities Forum State Rep. Karen May (D-Highland Park) was joined by elected officials, community service providers, and local families to hold a resource fair and discussion forum on autism and developmental disabilities at the Highland Park County Club on July 26. ... read more>> |
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July 25, 2011 - Rep. May to Hold Public Hearing on Recent Power Outages In the wake of widespread loss of power throughout the Chicagoland area, state Rep. Karen May (D-Highland Park) and members of the Illinois House’s Public Utilities committee will hold a subject matter hearing on Power Outages in Northeastern Illinois on Tuesday, August 16 ... read more>> |
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July 20, 2011 - May Initiatives to Improve Electric Car Use Signed into Law Two pieces of legislation co-sponsored by state Rep. Karen May (D - Highland Park) aimed at increasing the use of electric vehicles in Illinois were recently signed into law by Governor Pat Quinn. ... read more>> |
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July 18, 2011 - May To Hold Resource Fair and Forum on Autism and Developmental Disabilities To create an open dialogue between parents of children with autism and developmental disabilities and local public officials, state Rep. Karen May (D-Highland Park) is holding a forum that is free and open to the public on Tuesday, July 26 ... read more>> |
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July 7, 2011 - May Legislation to Protect Most Vulnerable Signed Into Law To improve the safety and security of cognitively impaired and disabled persons, state Rep. Karen May (D-Highland Park) sponsored legislation, which was signed into law on Wednesday, to allow individuals that qualify to enable the remote dialing of "911" for emergency services. ... read more>> |
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July 6, 2011 - May Approves Budget Cuts with Citizen Input Continuing her call for fiscal restraint and sound budgeting, state Rep. Karen May 9D-Highland Park) praised her colleagues in the Senate for receding from budget add-ons that lacked necessary funding. This year, May helped pass significant budget reforms ... read more>> |
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June 22, 2011 - May To Hold "Town Hall" Meeting State Rep. Karen May (D-Highland Park) announced on Thursday that she will hold a post-session town hall meeting on Saturday, July 9, from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m., at the Highland Park Police Department meeting room, located at 1677 Old Deerfield Rd. ... read more>> |
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June 10, 2011 - May Urges Qualifying Small Businesses to Register for Job Creation Tax Credit With the end of the fiscal year approaching on June 30, state Rep. Karen May (D-Highland Park) is encouraging all local small businesses with fewer than 50 employees who have created a job in the last year to take advantage of Illinois’ Small Business Job Creation Tax Credit, which offers a $2,500 tax credit for every qualifying new job that a business creates and sustains for at least one year. ... read more>> |
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May 5, 2011 - May Pleased as Concealed Carry Bill Fails State Rep. Karen May (D-Highwood) on Thursday released the following statement in response to the defeat of a House Bill 148 that would allow citizens to carry concealed weapons in Illinois ... read more>> |
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April 29, 2011 - May Hosting Education Reform Discussion State Rep. Karen May (D-Highland Park) announced Friday that she will host an Education Reform Discussion on Saturday, May 7 from 10:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. at the Lake Forest Health and Fitness Center, located at 1200 N. Westmoreland Rd., in Lake Forest. ... read more>> |
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April 29, 2011 - May Backed Legislation Increases Transparency To increase transparency and accessibility to government proceedings, State Rep. Karen May (D-Highwood) voted to make all roll call votes of the General Assembly available to the general public on the internet. ... read more>> |
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April 28, 2011 - May Pushes for Prompt Deposit of Funds To ensure that the State is not losing interest income, state Rep. Karen May (D- Highland Park) passed legislation out of the house that would require funds be deposited by the state in a timely manner. ... read more>> |
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April 21, 2011 - May Bill Limiting Public Pension Boosts Passes House To limit taxpayer obligations on public pensions, state Rep. Karen May (D-Highland Park) passed legislation out of the House to prevent widespread abuses to the pension system. ... read more>> |
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April 14, 2011 - May Passes Pension Reforms to Save Taxpayers’ Money To address the rising cost of pension obligations, state Rep. Karen May (D-Highland Park) passed legislation out of the House to prevent public employees from passing on inflated pension costs to state taxpayers. ... read more>> |
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March 30, 2011 - May Urges Local Companies to Apply for Federal Green Energy Grants With the availability of American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) funds from the federal government, state Rep. Karen May (D-Highwood) is encouraging local businesses to apply for federal grants that promote green jobs, energy efficiency, and sustainability. ... read more>> |
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March 22, 2011 - May: "Keep Looking for Cuts" State Rep. Karen May (D-Highland Park) announced Tuesday that she will continue seeking suggestions on ways to cut the state’s budget by holding additional “Cuts and Coffee” listening sessions throughout the district. Three upcoming sessions will be held on Saturday, April 2 ...read more>> |
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March 18, 2011 - May Expands Access to Quality Healthcare for All State Rep. Karen May (D-Highland Park) is continuing her fight to provide access to quality health care for all residents of Illinois by passing legislation to create guidelines for Health Care Cooperatives utilizing federal grants & loans. ... read more>> |
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March 17, 2011 - May Pushes for Legislation to Shield Funeral Attendees from Protesters State Rep. Karen May (D-Highland Park) is continuing her fight to protect the honor of veterans and their families by supporting legislation that would expand the limits on how close protesters can be to a veteran's funeral. .. .read more>> |
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March 10, 2011 - May Bill to Keeps Guns from Crime Suspects Unanimously Passes House On Wednesday, State Rep. Karen May (D-Highland Park) passed legislation out of the House, unanimously, to help the State Police monitor firearm usage of those suspects out on bail by requiring that their Firearm Owner Identification cards be returned to the State Police. ... read more>> |
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March 10, 2011 - May Pushes for Campaign Contribution Limits State Rep. Karen May (D-Highland Park) has introduced legislation to limit campaign contributions from political parties and legislative leaders for general elections. ...read more>> |
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March 4, 2011 - May's Call for Fiscal Responsibility Gains Traction After a state budget proposal calling for increased spending was announced, state Rep. Karen May (D-Highland Park) called for increased efforts to cut spending and reduce the state’s budget and deficit spending. ... read more>> |
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March 2, 2011 - May Advocates for Accountability and Reform As a cornerstone of her legislative agenda, State Rep. Karen May (D- Highland Park) continues to advocate for reforms designed to increase transparency and ethics in state government ... read more>> |
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February 25, 2011 - May Reminds Seniors to Re-Apply for Property Tax Exemptions State Rep. Karen May (D- Highland Park) is reminding all seniors who own their homes of the need to re-apply annually for the Senior Homestead Exemption in Cook County, and need to apply annually for the Senior Citizen Assessment Freeze in both Cook and Lake Counties. ...read more>> |
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February 25, 2011 - Legislators Host Public Forum to Gain Perspective on Public Pensions at the State and National Level State Senator Susan Garrett (D-Lake Forest), State Representative Karen May (D-Highland Park) and State Representative Elaine Nekritz (D-Northbrook) will be hosting two public forums to look a public pension systems across the nation. ...read more>> |
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February 16, 2011 - May: "Keep Looking for Cuts" State Rep. Karen May (D-Highland Park) responded to the Governor's Budget Address Wednesday calling for deeper spending cuts and restrictions on how the state spends tax dollars. She announced she will hold "Cuts and Coffee" listening sessions throughout the district ... read more>> |
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February 10, 2011 - May Legislation Keeps Suspects from Guns To increase public safety, State Rep. Karen May (D- Highland Park) introduced legislation Tuesday that helps the State Police monitor firearm usage of those suspects out on bail by requiring that their Firearm Owner Identification cards be returned to the State Police. read more>> |
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January 31, 2011 - May, Biss Host Business Roundtable Discussion State Representatives Daniel Biss (D-Evanston) and Karen May (D-Highland Park) announced that they will host a Small Business Roundtable Discussion to develop ideas with the business community to focus on reenergizing Illinois’ economy. ... read more>> |
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January 26, 2011 - May Backed Medicaid Reforms Signed by Governor State Representative Karen May (D-Highland Park) co-sponsored Medicaid Reform legislation that was signed into law Tuesday by Governor Quinn. ... read more>> |
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January 25, 2011 - May Sworn In to Fifth Term State Representative Karen May (D-Highland Park) was sworn in to her fifth term as State Representative for the 97th General Assembly January 12 ... read more>> |
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January 24, 2011 - May: Recall Should Apply to all Elected Officials State Rep. Karen May (D-Highland Park) is working to expand the ability of the voters to replace elected officials who do not live up to the standards expected of them, by extending the ability of voters to recall to all elected officials. ... read more>> |
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January 10, 2011 - May Approves Reforms to Medicaid System In a strong bipartisan show of support, the Illinois House on Thursday passed legislation, backed by state Rep. Karen May (D-Highland Park) that will implement significant reforms to the state’s Medicaid system to help rein in costs and improve patient care.... read more>> |
