SPRINGFIELD, Ill. – Local School Councils would have the option of keeping school resource officers under a proposal advanced out of a House committee Thursday by state Rep. Mary Gill, D-Chicago. “This measure is about giving Chicago Public Schools parents and school...
CHICAGO – State Rep. Kam Buckner, D-Chicago, will have his accountability and transparency in criminal justice measures, the Homicide Victims’ Families’ Rights Act and Homicide Data Transparency Act, heard in front of the House Judiciary – Criminal Committee on...
BOLINGBROOK, Ill. — State Rep. Dagmara “Dee” Avelar, D-Bolingbrook, issued the following statement in response to recent news that Walgreens will be adding Mifepristone, a life-saving reproductive health care medication, to some Illinois stores: “Here in Illinois, the...
SPRINGFIELD– State Rep. Lindsey LaPointe, Sen. Sara Feigenholtz, other legislators, mental health advocates, and psychiatrists met Thursday, Mar. 7, at 11 a.m. in the Capitol’s Blue Room to discuss the importance of House Bill 2456/Senate Bill 1636. The legislation...
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – State Rep. Carol Ammons, D-Urbana, issued the following statement in response to recent news that Walgreens will be adding Mifepristone, a life-saving reproductive health care medication, to some Illinois stores: “As states across the nation face...