Hernandez Ends Legislative Session with a Fiscally Responsible Budget

Lawndale News Chicago's Bilingual Newspaper - BusinessState Representative Lisa Hernandez (D-Cicero) ended the spring legislative session Thursday helping pass a balanced budget that eliminated fraud and waste to better support vital state services.

“We spent countless hours over the past five months going through the budget line by line to remove waste and programs that no longer meet the needs of local residents so that we could focus the money we had available to maintain programs essential to our working families. Democrats and Republicans worked together in the House to rein in state spending in a more bipartisan, transparent and thorough process to cut nearly $1billion of spending to help pay off our past due bills and help put the state back on stable financial footing,” said State Rep. Hernandez.

I believe now is the time when everyone, including state legislators should do their part to help cut costs and share the sacrifices that so many families are facing. We voted to cut legislators’ salary by making lawmakers work 12 days without pay and rejected cost of living increase for legislators. This measure saved nearly $1 million that can better be spent to help fund education, she added.

If you have any questions or need additional information, visit Hernandez at 2137 S. Lombard in Cicero, or call (708) 222-5240.

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