Inmate voting rights still on the table
— June 8, 2021SPRINGFIELD – Illinois lawmakers could take up a bill later this month that would restore voting rights to convicted offenders serving time in county jails or state or federal prisons,…
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Illinois Senate passes bills creating affordable housing incentives
— June 1, 2021SPRINGFIELD – The Illinois Senate passed an omnibus bill May 30 aimed at creating additional affordable housing units in the state. House Bill 2621 aims to create monetary incentives…
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Bipartisan vote to ban deceptive interrogation of minors
— May 31, 2021SPRINGFIELD – The Illinois House unanimously passed a bipartisan juvenile justice reform Saturday, May 29 that outlaws the use of deceptive interrogation techniques on minors. The…
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Illinois Senate approves decriminalizing HIV transmission
— May 25, 2021SPRINGFIELD — The Illinois Senate on Tuesday, May 25 passed measures decriminalizing the transmission of HIV and requiring public high schools to teach media literacy. Both measures…
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Measure calls for putting menstrual products in all school bathrooms
— May 20, 2021SPRINGFIELD – A bill that would require schools to provide free menstrual hygiene products in all bathrooms for grades 4 through 12 passed the Illinois House and will now be up for…
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General Assembly passes measure to limit seclusion and restraint in schools
— June 1, 2021SPRINGFIELD – A bill to phase out the use of isolated timeouts and prone physical restraint in public schools will soon be sent to Gov. J.B. Pritzker. The Illinois House on Sunday…
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Illinois lawmakers support ban on ‘hairstyle discrimination’
— May 27, 2021SPRINGFIELD – The Illinois House passed a bill Thursday, May 27 to prevent “hairstyle discrimination” in schools, sending it back to the Illinois Senate. Senate Bill 817, originally…
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Democrats reveal proposed legislative map
— May 24, 2021SPRINGFIELD – House and Senate redistricting committees will hold a series of public hearings this week on a proposed new set of legislative maps that Democrats released Friday, May…
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