{"id":1010,"date":"2020-03-22T16:20:47","date_gmt":"2020-03-22T21:20:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.forestpark.net\/dfp\/?page_id=1010"},"modified":"2020-03-23T17:25:54","modified_gmt":"2020-03-23T22:25:54","slug":"state-government","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.forestpark.net\/dfp\/government\/state-government\/","title":{"rendered":"State Government"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"1010\" class=\"elementor elementor-1010\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-c1f3cf8 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"c1f3cf8\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-background-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-wide\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-2a523f5 elementor-hidden-tablet elementor-hidden-phone\" data-id=\"2a523f5\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2458e3b elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"2458e3b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7d96963 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"7d96963\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Government<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fb9629b elementor-nav-menu--dropdown-mobile elementor-nav-menu__text-align-aside elementor-nav-menu--toggle elementor-nav-menu--burger elementor-widget elementor-widget-nav-menu\" data-id=\"fb9629b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;layout&quot;:&quot;vertical&quot;,&quot;submenu_icon&quot;:{&quot;value&quot;:&quot;&lt;svg aria-hidden=\\&quot;true\\&quot; class=\\&quot;e-font-icon-svg e-fas-caret-down\\&quot; viewBox=\\&quot;0 0 320 512\\&quot; xmlns=\\&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.w3.org\\\/2000\\\/svg\\&quot;&gt;&lt;path d=\\&quot;M31.3 192h257.3c17.8 0 26.7 21.5 14.1 34.1L174.1 354.8c-7.8 7.8-20.5 7.8-28.3 0L17.2 226.1C4.6 213.5 13.5 192 31.3 192z\\&quot;&gt;&lt;\\\/path&gt;&lt;\\\/svg&gt;&quot;,&quot;library&quot;:&quot;fa-solid&quot;},&quot;toggle&quot;:&quot;burger&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"nav-menu.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<nav aria-label=\"Menu\" class=\"elementor-nav-menu--main elementor-nav-menu__container elementor-nav-menu--layout-vertical e--pointer-framed e--animation-fade\">\n\t\t\t\t<ul id=\"menu-1-fb9629b\" class=\"elementor-nav-menu sm-vertical\"><li class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-1267\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.forestpark.net\/dfp\/government\/local-government\/\" class=\"elementor-item\">Local Government<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-1266\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.forestpark.net\/dfp\/government\/state-government\/\" class=\"elementor-item\">State Government<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-1265\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.forestpark.net\/dfp\/government\/federal-government\/\" class=\"elementor-item\">Federal Government<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\t\t\t<\/nav>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-menu-toggle\" role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-label=\"Menu Toggle\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t<svg aria-hidden=\"true\" role=\"presentation\" class=\"elementor-menu-toggle__icon--open e-font-icon-svg e-eicon-menu-bar\" viewBox=\"0 0 1000 1000\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M104 333H896C929 333 958 304 958 271S929 208 896 208H104C71 208 42 237 42 271S71 333 104 333ZM104 583H896C929 583 958 554 958 521S929 458 896 458H104C71 458 42 487 42 521S71 583 104 583ZM104 833H896C929 833 958 804 958 771S929 708 896 708H104C71 708 42 737 42 771S71 833 104 833Z\"><\/path><\/svg><svg aria-hidden=\"true\" role=\"presentation\" class=\"elementor-menu-toggle__icon--close e-font-icon-svg e-eicon-close\" viewBox=\"0 0 1000 1000\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M742 167L500 408 258 167C246 154 233 150 217 150 196 150 179 158 167 167 154 179 150 196 150 212 150 229 154 242 171 254L408 500 167 742C138 771 138 800 167 829 196 858 225 858 254 829L496 587 738 829C750 842 767 846 783 846 800 846 817 842 829 829 842 817 846 804 846 783 846 767 842 750 829 737L588 500 833 258C863 229 863 200 833 171 804 137 775 137 742 167Z\"><\/path><\/svg>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<nav class=\"elementor-nav-menu--dropdown elementor-nav-menu__container\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<ul id=\"menu-2-fb9629b\" class=\"elementor-nav-menu sm-vertical\"><li class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-1267\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.forestpark.net\/dfp\/government\/local-government\/\" class=\"elementor-item\" tabindex=\"-1\">Local Government<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-1266\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.forestpark.net\/dfp\/government\/state-government\/\" class=\"elementor-item\" tabindex=\"-1\">State Government<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-1265\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.forestpark.net\/dfp\/government\/federal-government\/\" class=\"elementor-item\" tabindex=\"-1\">Federal Government<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\t\t\t<\/nav>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-56905d7\" data-id=\"56905d7\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f6c2fa9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"f6c2fa9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-c2b62d0 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"c2b62d0\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-6f50eaf\" data-id=\"6f50eaf\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bef304b elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"bef304b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/www.forestpark.net\/dfp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/K_lightford690x520.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1014\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.forestpark.net\/dfp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/K_lightford690x520.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.forestpark.net\/dfp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/K_lightford690x520-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.forestpark.net\/dfp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/K_lightford690x520-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-a211e41\" data-id=\"a211e41\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e3dae93 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e3dae93\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<table border=\"0\" width=\"600\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\"><strong>Senator Kimberly A. Lightford (D)<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\"><em>Years Served: 1998 &#8211; Present (Senate)<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\"><strong>Legislative Assignments:<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\">Committees on Financial Institutions (Vice-Chairperson); Education (Chairperson); Sen. Comm. Whole; Approp I; Higher Education; Labor; Fin. Inst. Predatory Lending (Sub-Chairperson); Subcommittee on NCLB.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\"><strong>Biography:<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\">\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>Born May 10, 1968, in Chicago; B.A., public communications &amp; human relations, Western Illinois University; Master&#8217;s in public administration, University of Illinois at Springfield.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Springfield Office:<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>District Office:<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Senator 4th District<\/td>\n<td>4415 W. Harrison St.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>329A Capitol Building<\/td>\n<td>Hillside, IL 60162<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Springfield, IL 62706<\/td>\n<td>(P) 708-632-4500<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>(P) 217-782-8505<\/td>\n<td>(F) 708-632-4515<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-a44b52e elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"a44b52e\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-1a46045\" data-id=\"1a46045\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-aac0362 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"aac0362\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"360\" height=\"504\" src=\"https:\/\/www.forestpark.net\/dfp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Ford.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1019\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.forestpark.net\/dfp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Ford.jpg 360w, https:\/\/www.forestpark.net\/dfp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Ford-214x300.jpg 214w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 360px) 100vw, 360px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-bc8a5c1\" data-id=\"bc8a5c1\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f152adc elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f152adc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<table border=\"0\" width=\"600\"><tbody><tr><td colspan=\"2\"><strong>Representative La Shawn K. Ford (D)<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td colspan=\"2\"><em>Years Served: 2007 &#8211; Present<\/em><\/td><\/tr><tr><td colspan=\"2\"><strong>Legislative Assignments:<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td colspan=\"2\">Appropriations-Human Services; Health Care Availability Access (Vice-Chairperson); Health Care Licenses; Small Business Empowerment &amp; Workfo (Chairperson); Restorative Justice (Chairperson); Tollway Oversight (Vice-Chairperson); Veterans&#8217; Affairs.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td colspan=\"2\"><strong>Biography:<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td colspan=\"2\">Real estate entrepreneur and founder of Ford Desired Realty, Inc. Received his B.S. in Education from Loyola University in Chicago. Former history teacher and basketball coach for Chicago Public Schools. Licensed Illinois real estate broker, member of the Chicago and National Association of Realtors, board member of the Austin YMCA, board member of Circle Family Care, board member of the Austin Chamber of Commerce, founding organizer of Zawadi Youth Group, and member of St. Martin de Porres Catholic Church Parish Council and Finance Committee.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Springfield Office:<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>District Office: 2305<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>247-E Stratton Office Building<\/td><td>5104 W. Chicago Ave.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Springfield, IL 62706<\/td><td>Chicago, IL 60651<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>(P) (217) 782-5962<\/td><td>(P) (773) 378-5902<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>(F) (217) 557-4502<\/td><td>(F) (773) 378-5903<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><p>\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-85565b0 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"85565b0\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-e3916ea\" data-id=\"e3916ea\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4341b04 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"4341b04\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"360\" height=\"504\" src=\"https:\/\/www.forestpark.net\/dfp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Welch.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1022\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.forestpark.net\/dfp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Welch.jpg 360w, https:\/\/www.forestpark.net\/dfp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Welch-214x300.jpg 214w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 360px) 100vw, 360px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-e1f4888\" data-id=\"e1f4888\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d98122f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d98122f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<table border=\"0\" width=\"600\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\"><strong>Representative Emanuel Chris Welch (D)<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\"><em>January 2013 &#8211; Present<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\"><strong>Legislative Assignments:<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\">Appropriations-Higher Education; Health Care Availability Access; Higher Education; Judiciary; Small Business Empowerment &amp; Workfo; Transportation, Regulation, Roads; Criminal Procedure, Penalities.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\"><strong>Biography:<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\">Attorney; B.A., Northwestern University; J.D., John Marshall Law School; member, Proviso Township High Schools District 209 Board of Education from November 2001 to May 2013, president of board from April 2003 to January 2013; partner, Sanchez Daniels &amp; Hoffman, LLP; married, has one son.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Springfield Office:<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>District Office: 2305<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>266-S Stratton Office Building<\/td>\n<td>10055 W. Roosevelt Rd., Suite E<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Springfield, IL 62706<\/td>\n<td>Westchester, IL 60154<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>(P) (217) 782-8120<\/td>\n<td>(P) (708) 450-1000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>(F) (217) 524-0448<\/td>\n<td>(F) (708) 450-1104<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Government Senator Kimberly A. Lightford (D) Years Served: 1998 &#8211; Present (Senate) Legislative Assignments: Committees on Financial Institutions (Vice-Chairperson); Education (Chairperson); Sen. Comm. Whole; Approp I; Higher Education; Labor; Fin. Inst. Predatory Lending (Sub-Chairperson); Subcommittee on NCLB. Biography: Born May 10, 1968, in Chicago; B.A., public communications &amp; human relations, Western Illinois University; Master&#8217;s in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"parent":993,"menu_order":2,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"elementor_header_footer","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1010","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>State Government - Village of Forest Park, Illinois<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.forestpark.net\/dfp\/government\/state-government\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"State Government - Village of Forest Park, Illinois\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Government Senator Kimberly A. Lightford (D) Years Served: 1998 &#8211; Present (Senate) Legislative Assignments: Committees on Financial Institutions (Vice-Chairperson); Education (Chairperson); Sen. Comm. Whole; Approp I; Higher Education; Labor; Fin. Inst. Predatory Lending (Sub-Chairperson); Subcommittee on NCLB. Biography: Born May 10, 1968, in Chicago; B.A., public communications &amp; human relations, Western Illinois University; Master&#8217;s in [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.forestpark.net\/dfp\/government\/state-government\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Village of Forest Park, Illinois\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2020-03-23T22:25:54+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"http:\/\/www.forestpark.net\/dfp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/K_lightford690x520.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.forestpark.net\\\/dfp\\\/government\\\/state-government\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.forestpark.net\\\/dfp\\\/government\\\/state-government\\\/\",\"name\":\"State Government - Village of Forest Park, Illinois\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.forestpark.net\\\/dfp\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.forestpark.net\\\/dfp\\\/government\\\/state-government\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.forestpark.net\\\/dfp\\\/government\\\/state-government\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"http:\\\/\\\/www.forestpark.net\\\/dfp\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2020\\\/03\\\/K_lightford690x520.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2020-03-22T21:20:47+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2020-03-23T22:25:54+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.forestpark.net\\\/dfp\\\/government\\\/state-government\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.forestpark.net\\\/dfp\\\/government\\\/state-government\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.forestpark.net\\\/dfp\\\/government\\\/state-government\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"http:\\\/\\\/www.forestpark.net\\\/dfp\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2020\\\/03\\\/K_lightford690x520.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"http:\\\/\\\/www.forestpark.net\\\/dfp\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2020\\\/03\\\/K_lightford690x520.jpg\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.forestpark.net\\\/dfp\\\/government\\\/state-government\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.forestpark.net\\\/dfp\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Government\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.forestpark.net\\\/dfp\\\/government\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"State Government\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.forestpark.net\\\/dfp\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.forestpark.net\\\/dfp\\\/\",\"name\":\"Village of Forest Park, Illinois\",\"description\":\"The Official Website of the Village of Forest Park, Cook County, IL\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.forestpark.net\\\/dfp\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"State Government - Village of Forest Park, Illinois","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.forestpark.net\/dfp\/government\/state-government\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"State Government - Village of Forest Park, Illinois","og_description":"Government Senator Kimberly A. Lightford (D) Years Served: 1998 &#8211; Present (Senate) Legislative Assignments: Committees on Financial Institutions (Vice-Chairperson); Education (Chairperson); Sen. Comm. Whole; Approp I; Higher Education; Labor; Fin. Inst. Predatory Lending (Sub-Chairperson); Subcommittee on NCLB. Biography: Born May 10, 1968, in Chicago; B.A., public communications &amp; human relations, Western Illinois University; Master&#8217;s in [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/www.forestpark.net\/dfp\/government\/state-government\/","og_site_name":"Village of Forest Park, Illinois","article_modified_time":"2020-03-23T22:25:54+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.forestpark.net\/dfp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/K_lightford690x520.jpg","type":"","width":"","height":""}],"twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.forestpark.net\/dfp\/government\/state-government\/","url":"https:\/\/www.forestpark.net\/dfp\/government\/state-government\/","name":"State Government - Village of Forest Park, Illinois","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.forestpark.net\/dfp\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.forestpark.net\/dfp\/government\/state-government\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.forestpark.net\/dfp\/government\/state-government\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"http:\/\/www.forestpark.net\/dfp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/K_lightford690x520.jpg","datePublished":"2020-03-22T21:20:47+00:00","dateModified":"2020-03-23T22:25:54+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.forestpark.net\/dfp\/government\/state-government\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.forestpark.net\/dfp\/government\/state-government\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.forestpark.net\/dfp\/government\/state-government\/#primaryimage","url":"http:\/\/www.forestpark.net\/dfp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/K_lightford690x520.jpg","contentUrl":"http:\/\/www.forestpark.net\/dfp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/K_lightford690x520.jpg"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.forestpark.net\/dfp\/government\/state-government\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.forestpark.net\/dfp\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Government","item":"https:\/\/www.forestpark.net\/dfp\/government\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"State Government"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.forestpark.net\/dfp\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.forestpark.net\/dfp\/","name":"Village of Forest Park, Illinois","description":"The Official Website of the Village of Forest Park, Cook County, IL","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.forestpark.net\/dfp\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"}]}},"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-05-02 14:58:21","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.forestpark.net\/dfp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1010","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.forestpark.net\/dfp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.forestpark.net\/dfp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.forestpark.net\/dfp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.forestpark.net\/dfp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1010"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/www.forestpark.net\/dfp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1010\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1466,"href":"https:\/\/www.forestpark.net\/dfp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1010\/revisions\/1466"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.forestpark.net\/dfp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/993"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.forestpark.net\/dfp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1010"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}