BUFFALO GROVE, Ill. – In the days after legislative leaders in the General Assembly established the Legislative Public Safety Group, state Rep. Jonathan Carroll, D-Buffalo Grove, expressed his desire to begin work in this new role. “I am humbled and honored to be...
CHICAGO – State Rep. John D’Amico, D-Chicago, and Illinois Secretary of State Jesse White are announcing a more than 50 percent decline in teen driving deaths since their graduated driver’s licensing (GDL) law went into effect in 2008. “Our reforms that increased the...
SCHAUMBURG, Ill. – State Rep. Michelle Mussman, D-Schaumburg, is encouraged that a measure to strengthen park district volunteer screening processes and aims to prevent sex offenders from working with children, which she supported, was recently signed into law. “The...
EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill. – Seeking to create a uniform system for tracking evidence and coordinating law enforcement in sexual assault cases, a bill supported by state Rep. LaToya Greenwood, D-East St. Louis, which would create a state commission to review the issue was...
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. – Amidst reports that law enforcement agencies must wait up to 24 months for critical rape kit testing results required to advance sexual assault investigations, state Rep. John D’Amico, D-Chicago, is applauding bold reforms being signed into law...