News Update
Gay marriage fans try to step up their game
Date:
06/18/2013 From Crain's Chicago Business:
Gay marriage fans try to step up their game
Greg Hinz on Politics
June 17, 2013
Same-sex marriage advocates finally are showing signs of recovering from the daze they went into after the Illinois House failed to vote on a bill to legalize gay marriage, with a revamped strategy of sorts emerging in the past couple of days.
Illinois Unites issues plan for marriage equality
Date:
06/17/2013 
From ChicagoPride.com:
Illinois Unites issues plan for marriage equality
Sat. June 15, 2013 3:15:09 PM
Cook County Health suspends overnight shift at Oak Forest clinic
Date:
06/13/2013 
from Crain's Chicago Business:
Cook County Health suspends overnight shift at Oak Forest clinic
By Claire Bushey
June 11, 2013
Cook County Health and Hospitals System has suspended the overnight shift at a south suburban urgent care clinic that officials had agreed to operate 24 hours a day following the closure of Oak Forest Hospital.
The suspension at Oak Forest Health Center is temporary, according to the health system.
McNary Statement on Marriage Equality
Date:
06/07/2013 
to learn more about Citizen Action/IL's advocacy of Marriage Equality and support of SB 10.
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Medicaid Expansion Moves to Governor for Signature
Date:
05/29/2013 
Medicaid expansion heads to Illinois governor
May 28, 2013 - From the Associated Press - St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Illinois lawmakers have approved a historic expansion of Medicaid to cover low-income adults without children.
The key part of President Barack Obama's health care law heads to Gov. Pat Quinn, who is in favor of it. Quinn says it'll help transform Illinois' health care.
Medicaid Expansion:342,000 Illinoisans Need Your Help
Date:
05/20/2013 
CALL YOUR STATE REPRESENTATIVE
SB26: Medicaid Expansion Bill Passes Out of Senate and Moves to House.
- UPDATE: SB26 has been posted for Human Services Committee Hearing May 21st
WE NEED YOU TO TAKE ACTION TODAY:
1. Call your state representative and ask them to support SB26.
Use the ‘Illinois Affordable Health Care Hotline': 888-616-3322
Lawmakers Join Drive to Cut Wasteful Tax Expenditures
Date:
04/19/2013 
Backing legislation to eliminate wasteful tax expenditures in the FY2014 budget, more than a dozen state senators and representatives joined with Citizen Action/Illinois and other members of the Responsible Budget Coalition at an April 18 state Capitol news conference.
Source:
Full text of SB 1159 Senate Committee Examines Corporate Tax Loopholes
Date:
04/05/2013 
From The Alton Daily News:
Senate Committee Looks at Loopholes
By Nick Gale, 4/5/13
Citizen Action/ Illinois Calls for Medicare Price Negotiations
Date:
04/04/2013 
Rockford, IL– On April 3, Citizen Action/IL and IARA stood with local seniors at a press conference to demand Congress lift the prohibition on Medicare price negotiations. The press event was held at the historic Booker Washington Community Center in Rockford Illinois. The groups announced their support for Senator Rockefeller's legislation to allow negotiations, which could save Illinois close to $3 Billion over ten years. Also, they committed to keep the pressure on Congressional members in the area.
Citizen Action/Illinois and IARA Join with Federal Employees at Chicago Rally to Stop the Sequester
Date:
03/21/2013 
Citizen Action/Illinois and IARA Join with Federal Employees at Chicago Rally to Stop the Sequester
Sequester Cuts will Severely Impact Government Services to Public
