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PEORIA, IL – Congressman Eric Sorensen (IL-17) and the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) are announcing $388,359 for the Tri-County Special Education Association to expand telehealth access to students in rural school districts across Central Illinois.
PEORIA, IL – Congressman Eric Sorensen (IL-17) and the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) are announcing $602,799 for the Regional Office of Education (ROE) #26 to expand distance learning opportunities to students in rural communities.
A Rockford-born meteorologist, U.S. Rep. Eric Sorenson didn't plan on being a politician. But after seeing how his work in broadcasting impacted his viewers in both the Rockford and the Quad Cities areas, he wanted to take his service to northwest Illinois to the next level.
ROCKFORD, IL – Congressman Eric Sorensen (IL-17) and the U.S. Election Assistance Commission (EAC) are announcing $4,950 for Rockford University to help recruit and train college students as non-partisan poll workers.
PEORIA, IL – Congressman Eric Sorensen (IL-17) and Congressman Darin LaHood (IL-16) are calling on the United States Postal Service (USPS) to protect jobs at USPS’s Peoria Processing and Distribution Center (P&DC). In a letter sent to Postmaster General Louis DeJoy, Sorensen and LaHood question USPS’s consideration of moving these jobs to the South Suburban P&DC in Bedford Park, Illinois which will hurt working families and may increase delivery times for residents.
Congressman and Democratic candidate Eric Sorensen hosted a veteran roundtable at Rockford’s Veterans Memorial Hall today.
Organizations like Veterans Affairs, the Veteran Drop-in Center and the Veteran Assistance Commission discussed better ways to serve veterans in the area.
One of the main topics was the actual definition of a veteran, especially what it means for those in the National Guard or Reserves.
MILAN, IL – Congressman Eric Sorensen (IL-17) is calling on the United States Postal Service (USPS) to protect jobs at USPS’s Milan Processing and Distribution Center (P&DC). In a letter sent to Postmaster General Louis DeJoy, Sorensen questions USPS’s consideration of moving these jobs to Des Moines, Iowa, which will hurt working families and may increase delivery times for residents.
ROCKFORD (WREX) — Congressman Eric Sorensen made several stops around his hometown of Rockford Tuesday, starting off with an inside look at the Perks Family Equine Center at Lockwood Park, a Rockford Park District facility slated to open this spring. Children and young adults with mental, social and emotional challenges will be able to receive Equine Assisted Learning and Equine Assisted Psychotherapy in partnership with reputable mental health providers.
U.S. Rep. Eric Sorensen, (D) IL, 17th Dist., joined Peoria’s Mayor and labor leaders from Central Illinois Monday afternoon to discuss what the city needs to improve local infrastructure.
Sorensen hopes to bring federal money back to the city and create jobs to rebuild Illinois.
“These are the ways that not only is it better for infrastructure for our communities, but it’s going to put our good people to work because there’s nothing more empowering than actually seeing work being done to make your neighborhood better,” Sorensen said.
PEORIA, Ill. (WMBD) — Congressman Eric Sorensen, Peoria Mayor Rita Ali, Illinois Transportation Secretary Omar Osman, and other leaders in labor met at the Peoria art guild to discuss ways to improve local infrastructure.
Local leaders in central Illinois are seeing a shortage of infrastructure workers across the state.
The biggest takeaway from the discussion is the need to intrigue the younger generation with labor-intensive jobs. They spent the day brainstorming ideas of how to get the younger generation interested in a career in infrastructure.