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This Labor Day

By: Senate President Don Harmon    From Chicago to Cairo and everywhere in between, Illinois is the proverbial heart of the Labor movement. This state’s impact on labor compares to no other. Our past is replete with world famous names that any student of Labor history will know even today. Haymarket. Pullman. Mother Jones. Herrin. …

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60 Days

60 Days. Two months. That’s it.  Election Day is November 3rd, but 1.3 million Illinoisans have already requested their vote by mail application. That is record breaking stuff, and you should be apart of it. Our democracy only works when people take part in it — and not just vote, but volunteer, donate, and ask questions to your …

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An attack on the United States Postal Service is an attack on our communities

Follow Illinois Senate Democrats (ISDF) on Twitter, Facebook, or Instagram. The United States Postal Service is a public service — period. It was written into the Constitution and established by the Second Continental Congress. Benjamin Franklin was its first postmaster general. The Postal Service is one of the largest civilian employers in the United States. USPS employs 97,000 veterans who have served this country. USPS …

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