SPRINGFIELD, Ill. – Nurses will be better protected from incidents of workplace violence that could also put patients at risk under a new law backed by state Rep. Mike Halpin, D-Rock Island, which is set to take effect on Jan. 1. “Fear of personal injury should not be...
SPRINGFIELD Ill. – In response to the proposed layoffs of nurses in Illinois Department of Corrections (IDOC) facilities, state Rep. Larry Walsh, Jr., D-Elwood, helped pass legislation that would prevent the department from reducing the number of medical and mental...
DECATUR, Ill. – In response to Gov. Rauner’s efforts to privatize nursing jobs at a dozen Illinois prisons, state Rep. Sue Scherer, D-Decatur, helped pass legislation Thursday that would prevent 124 prison nurses from being laid off and their jobs from being...