Springfield, IL – Fighting to restore affordability for Illinois households, state Rep. Carol Ammons, D-Urbana, is advancing a series of bills to the governor’s desk cutting costs on everyday purchases and utilities, banning gimmicks that raise prices, and requiring businesses to fairly compensate consumers.

“Leaders in Washington seem to be taking every measure possible to make our lives more expensive— the opposite of their campaign promises,” said Ammons. “I’m committed to doing as much as we can at the state level to work to offset federal price hikes.”

Springfield, IL. — State Rep. Carol Ammons, D-Urbana, led a resolution on the House floor in favor of workplaces transitioning to a four-day workweek, allowing for staff at all levels to develop a more sustainable work-life balance.

“A five-day workweek is completely excessive in a time where we’re seeing impressive rates of employee efficiency across the board,” said Ammons. “We live in a country where we’re expected to live to work, but we need to transition to working to live. We are so much more than our professional lives, and more personal time can actually fuel our professional success.”

Parkland College —State Rep. Carol Ammons hosted another Expungement Summit at Parkland College last month, part of a series that has helped 519 individuals clear or seal records since fall 2023.

Springfield, IL— Illinois lawmakers are considering multiple proposals to regulate the state’s rapidly expanding data center industry as concerns grow over its impact on the electrical grid, utility costs and water reservoirs.

At a press conference earlier this year, State Rep. Carol Ammons, D-Urbana, warned utility companies Commonwealth Edison and Ameren have received proposals for new data centers requiring a combined 44 gigawatts of electricity.

“That means that the data centers waiting to connect to our grid plan need much more power than 44 Orlandos put together,” Ammons said. “You and I shouldn’t have to pay.”

Springfield, IL (CAPITOL CITY NOW) – Another rally in support of striking faculty membersand support staff at the University of Illinois Springfield is getting the attention of an area lawmaker who may be able to help them, in a way.

On what was said to be another day of bargaining between administrators and the UIS United Faculty union, State Rep. Carol Ammons joined the rank and file, while in Springfield for the legislative session.  She’s lead sponsor of the Adequate and Equitable Public University Funding Act — a measure the University of Illinois, a school she represents in Champaign-Urbana — has opposed.  One of the complaints of striking faculty here is that UIUC is getting most of the system’s funding, and UIS gets relatively little.

Springfield, IL – State Rep. Carol Ammons, D-Urbana, supported legislation that would designate every July 25 as Emmett Till Day in Illinois, honoring the life of a boy who was brutally murdered and became central to the Civil Rights Movement.

“Our nation and our state’s history is not perfect, and we have fought hard to see the progress we have today,” said Ammons. “By recognizing Emmett Till, a child gone too soon who unknowingly would become one of the faces of the Civil Rights Movement, we’re acknowledging our troubled past and remembering that each and every day, the work we do is critical.

Springfield, IL—Rep. Carol Ammons (D-Urbana) and Senate Majority Leader Kimberly Lightford (D-Maywood) are leading the effort to shake up the funding process for the state's 12 public universities, as they argue funding should be based on the needs of each college.

Advocates said investing at least $135 million in public universities over the next decade could help shift the burden of college costs away from students and families.

Springfield, IL– Senate Majority Leader Kimberly A. Lightford and State Representative Carol Ammons are fighting to transform how Illinois funds its higher education system through legislation that would take a student-centered approach. 

“Despite education’s paramount importance, the disparity in funding among higher educational institutions remains dreadfully evident,” said Lightford (D-Maywood). “This imbalance not only undermines the principle of equal opportunity but also hampers our collective progress as a society.”