Julie’s agenda is grounded in the pressures residents experience at the grocery store, on utility bills, in property taxes and in the quality of public services.
Affordability
Illinois should not balance every problem on the backs of families, seniors and small businesses.
Julie has opposed tax increases during her service on the Will County Board. In Springfield, she would bring the same scrutiny to new taxes, fees and spending commitments, while pressing for budgets that prioritize essential services and measurable results.
Energy
Energy policy must protect both reliability and household budgets.
Julie supports a practical energy strategy that evaluates the full cost of policy decisions, preserves dependable generation, increases transparency around rate impacts and avoids shifting avoidable costs onto families and local employers.
Public safety
Residents deserve responsive law enforcement, effective mental-health services and laws that protect victims and neighborhoods.
Julie supports local police and public-safety professionals while recognizing that mental-health care and prevention are essential parts of community safety. She would review state criminal-justice policies based on outcomes and close gaps that permit repeat violent offenders to threaten the public.
Government
Government should be transparent, accessible and disciplined with taxpayer dollars.
Julie would bring hands-on budget oversight and constituent service to the Illinois Senate. That means reading the details, identifying duplication, questioning unfunded promises and communicating clearly about how decisions affect District 21.
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