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Castro fights to ensure out-of-state businesses pay fair share

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Thursday, March 01, 2018 09:06 AM

03282017CM0341SPRINGFIELD – Senator Cristina Castro (D-Elgin) is sponsoring Senate Bill 2577 to ensure that out-of-state retailers selling to Illinois residents are held as responsible as in-state businesses.

Senate Bill 2577 would establish guidelines for what constitutes an in-state business in regard to retailers that are not physically located in Illinois, but that sell to Illinois consumers. The measure would only consider outside retailers as maintaining an in-state business if they make more than $150,000 from Illinois consumers or if there are over 200 transactions by purchasers from Illinois.

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Castro responds: “The governor isn’t budgeting for results,”

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Wednesday, February 14, 2018 01:18 PM
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budgetSPRINGFIELD – Today, Governor Rauner addressed the General Assembly to explain his proposed budget for Fiscal Year 2019. State Senator Cristina Castro (D-Elgin) released the following response:

“The governor isn’t budgeting for results,” said Castro. “What Governor Rauner presents on paper is never the true reality of our situation: that we have over $9 billion in unpaid bills and no real plan for paying it off. He says he wants to roll back taxes, increase education funding and invest in human services, but his budget does the opposite.

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Castro: Veterans suffer while Rauner drags his feet

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Tuesday, February 13, 2018 10:34 AM

1462aSPRINGFIELD – Senator Cristina Castro (D-Elgin) this morning reacted to news that two more cases of Legionnaires’ disease were found among residents at the Illinois Veterans Home at Quincy.

“The governor has dragged his feet long enough on this issue,” said Castro. “While he waits for someone else to take charge our veterans suffer. How many people need to die on his watch for him to take charge and do something?”

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Castro urges the governor and his administration to take charge

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Thursday, February 08, 2018 08:41 AM

C febSPRINGFIELD – Senator Cristina Castro (D-Elgin) continues to look for answers from state officials regarding a Legionnaires’ disease outbreak that caused 13 deaths in the last three years at the Illinois Veterans Home at Quincy.

“I want to be part of a solution,” Castro said. “But that requires the Rauner administration – the people who are supposed to run state government – to come clean, be honest and actually put forth a plan to solve the problem.”

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  1. Castro responds to State of the State Address: “I’m not convinced the governor will provide the leadership we’ve been lacking for the last three years.”
  2. In honor of National Data Privacy Day, here are a few easy and quick ways to protect your sensitive personal information
  3. Castro partners with Hanover Township and AMITA Health to provide free heart health screenings
  4. Castro announces new funding for Elgin school libraries

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164 E. Chicago St.
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Elgin, IL 60120
847-214-8864 phone

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