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Holmes secures $1.9 million for Forest Preserve District trail improvements

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Monday, May 26, 2025 07:21 PM
  • IDOT
  • Forest Preserve District of Will County
  • Trails

holmes IDOT 052225AURORA – State Senator Linda Holmes announced Friday that her advocacy on behalf of the 42nd District has secured a $1.9 million investment in the Forest Preserve District of Will County.

“Several years into the Rebuild Illinois program, we’ve seen projects funded in all forms of transportation, from interstates, roads and bridges to railroads, public transit and waterways,” said Holmes (D-Aurora). “Updating the trails in the Forest Preserve District will make these natural areas more enjoyable, away from busier streets and highways nearby.”

This award comes through the Illinois Transportation Enhancement Program of the Illinois Department of Transportation to expand local travel options and enhance quality of life in communities statewide. Projects include bike and pedestrian paths and trails, streetscape beautification and other projects designed to encourage safe travel across various modes of local transportation.

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Holmes advances measure to protect gray foxes in Illinois

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Thursday, May 08, 2025 02:55 PM
  • IDNR
  • Gray Foxes
  • Hunting Trapping Restrictions
  • HB3760

grayfox 050825SPRINGFIELD – State Senator Linda Holmes’ measure to keep a closer watch on Illinois’ gray foxes moved a step nearer to becoming law on Thursday.

The gray fox population in Illinois and much of the Midwest has been declining over the last 30 years, primarily due to diseases like canine distemper and competition with coyotes, but current law doesn’t allow the state to act on population changes and adjust the hunting season. House Bill 3760 would give the Illinois Department of Natural Resources the authority to set the hunting and trapping seasons for the gray fox based on current research and population data. Other states including Indiana, Ohio and Iowa, are also looking at potential legislation to address this issue.

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Holmes helps bring $682,000 in funding for job training programs across 42nd District

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Thursday, April 17, 2025 11:16 AM
  • DCEO
  • Illinois Works
  • Pre-Apprenticeship Job Training Grants
  • Construction and Building Trades

holmes 041725AURORA – Assistant Senate Majority Leader Linda Holmes has helped secure $682,000 through the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity in grant funding for job training programs.

“DCEO’s Illinois Works Program provides initial skills training to acquaint kids with the construction and building trades in our area,” said Holmes (D-Aurora). “Not all teens see themselves going to college, but they hope to see options for potentially high-earning careers. This field offers them a number of options.”

DCEO awarded $19 million in grant funding through the Illinois Works Pre-apprenticeship Program to 38 organizations across the state. The purpose of the funding is to create more pathways for kids to access pre-apprenticeship programs and continue through registered apprenticeships, which provide greater opportunities to secure lifelong careers in the construction trades.

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Holmes outlines legislation to allow end-of-life options for terminally ill patients

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Thursday, April 10, 2025 09:29 AM
  • End of Life Options
  • Terminally Ill Adults
  • SB9

Holmes SB9 04092025 SenDemsSPRINGFIELD –Assistant Senate Majority Leader Linda Holmes – alongside family members and advocates of terminally ill adults – outlined their support of legislation to provide terminally ill patients with end-of-life options during a subcommittee Wednesday.

“We are working to take a compassionate step forward to honor the fundamental human right to determine one’s own end-of-life journey with autonomy and peace,” said Holmes (D-Aurora). “People deserve the dignity to make their own deeply personal choices – and to do so surrounded by their loved ones while free from unnecessary suffering.”

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