NEWLY APPOINTED STATE REPRESENTATIVE TALKS ABOUT HER NEW ROLE
5th District Illinois State Representative Kimberly Du Buclet has served in the role since May 13, when she was sworn into office. PHOTO PROVIDED BY KIMBERLY DU BUCLET.
TALKS ABOUT HER NEW ROLE
BY TIA CAROL JONES
26th District from 2011 to 2013.
platform and opportunity for her to do that work. Du Buclet also is interested in early childhood education and pension reform.
voted to approve the State of Illinois’ FY24 Budget. Illinois
Governor JB Pritzker has been visiting places across the state to tout the investments in the budget and the fact that it is the fifth balanced budget.
funding, increasing the higher education funding by 7%, and allocated $100 million in MAP grants for low-income students to attend college. She also brought back funding for Ada S. McKinley and St. Bernard Hospital.
5th District, Du Buclet said they
early childhood education.
they want. And, that’s how I tried to work it the last time around,” she said.
the community during the summer months. Du Buclet wants to have an open door policy to ensure constituents feel comfortable expressing their concerns with her. It
is important to her that her constituents now who she is and how what she does in Springfield impacts everyone’s life on a daily basis.
Buclet wants to get out and talk about the role of a State
Representative and how people can advocate. She is
hoping people will be encouraged to take a trip to
Springfield and see the State Legislature in action.
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