Lori Smith

Lori Smith is an educator from Long Grove with nearly 30 years in special education as a teacher and school administrator in public and private schools.¹ She is a learning behavior specialist.¹

At a League of Women Voters forum, Smith said she believes life begins at conception and said Illinois law is settled on the subject.¹ She says her first bill would repeal the Illinois vehicle emissions inspection program for non-commercial gasoline vehicles.² She opposes the countywide 1 percent school sales tax, saying it adds to property taxes.³ She criticized state spending of $70 million on one-time $400 payments to people affected by federal SNAP cuts.⁴