Gabel Passes Birth Equity Bill to Help Mothers Access Quality Care

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. – New mothers will have better access to affordable pregnancy, postpartum and newborn care services under a major birth equity initiative passed by state Rep. Robyn Gabel, D-Evanston. “It’s unacceptable that in the 21st Century, childbirth poses so...

Gordon-Booth Votes for Catalytic Converter Anti-Theft Plan

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. – State Rep. Jehan Gordon-Booth, D-Peoria, supported a plan this week aimed at curbing catalytic converter theft by reclassifying catalytic converters as “essential parts” – subjecting them to improved tracking and state record laws designed to...

Hoffman Measure Targets Catalytic Converter Theft, Passes House

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. – Responding to the rise in catalytic converter theft, state Rep. Jay Hoffman, D-Swansea, passed a plan out of the House Tuesday that would classify catalytic converters as “essential parts” – subjecting them to enhanced tracking and state record...