Description
Illinois Representative Laura Fine discusses her husband's struggle with step therapy.
Contributors
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Laura Fine
Representative Fine is serving her third full term as the State Representative of the 17th District, which includes all or portions of Evanston, Glenview, Golf, Morton Grove, Northbrook, Skokie, and Wilmette. She serves on 6 committees in the Illinois House of Representatives: House Committee on Insurance: Health and Life (Chairwoman), the House Appropriations Committee on Higher Education, and the House committees on Environment, Human Services, Insurance: Property and Casualty and Mental Health (Vice-Chair).
Prior to being elected to the state legislature, Representative Fine was an instructor in the Political Science Department at Northeastern Illinois University and served as the Clerk of Northfield Township. Representative Fine has also worked in radio and television news for various media outlets throughout the Midwest. She is currently a board member of Angles (formerly Links North Shore Youth Health Service).
Representative Fine holds a B.A. in telecommunications from Indiana University, an M.A. in political science from Northeastern Illinois University, and is a graduate of the Illinois Women’s Institute for Leadership; graduate of Bowhay Institute for Legislative Leadership Development; Edgar Fellow; member, Kiwanis Club of Glenview-Northbrook, Rotary Club of Glenview Sunrise and Glenview/Glencoe League of Women Voters. Representative Fine lives in Glenview with her husband, Michael and their two sons.