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Will County committee debates 2026 legislative agenda language on equity, housing and workforce items
Summary
During development of the 2026 state and federal legislative agendas, committee members debated whether to include racial-equity language, how to phrase affordable-housing support, and redlined workforce items including an expansion of OSHA enforcement; several informal votes and amendments were taken.
The Will County Legislative Committee spent an extended portion of its meeting reviewing proposed text for its 2026 state and federal legislative agendas, and several items prompted sustained debate and informal votes.
Racial equity language: Committee Chair Destiny Ortiz defended keeping a proposed racial-equity impact statement in the draft federal agenda, saying it was intended to ensure federal funds help close historic gaps. "I the reason why I put this in here is because I believe that this insertion ensures that federal funding address addresses historic…
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