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WEB3 days ago · Latest News in Illinois. East St. Louis forum to tackle persistent childhood poverty. East St. Louis forum to tackle persistent childhood poverty. Friday, September 6, 2024. Educators, health officials, lawmakers coming together on Tuesday in East St. Louis, where one in two children live in poverty. Federal judge rejects Illinois’ bid to end ...
What’s in the SAFE-T Act? A look at the 2021 criminal justice …
WEBMay 18, 2022 · By GRACE KINNICUTT Capitol News Illinois [email protected] SPRINGFIELD – Amid a campaign season in which every constitutional office and seat in the Illinois General Assembly will be up for vote, rising crime and a landmark criminal justice reform passed in 2021 have become dominant …
Judge orders prison officials to relocate Stateville population by …
WEBAug 12, 2024 · U.S. District Judge Andrea Wood’s edict puts a Sept. 30 deadline on those efforts. The judge’s order, filed Friday, is the latest in an 11-year-old legal battle over dirty and dangerous conditions at Stateville. While settlement talks have been ongoing since 2015, Pritzker in March announced a plan to rebuild Stateville, along with closing ...
What does the Illinois Treasurer do? - Capitolnewsillinois.com
WEBApr 9, 2021 · The current treasurer is Michael Frerichs, who first was elected in 2014 as a Champaign Democrat, defeating Republican Tom Cross by less than 0.5 percent of the vote. He gained reelection in 2018 by nearly 20 percent of the vote. In a podcast interview with Capitol News Illinois, Frerichs explained his role in state government.
Longtime JCAR director to retire after 47-year career in state ...
WEBJan 28, 2021 · Thomas, 70, has spent 47 years working under the dome, starting out as a staff intern for the Senate Democrats before leading JCAR – where she has served as the caretaker of the administrative rulemaking process for nearly three decades. Once the governor signs a bill into law, JCAR’s job begins, she said. The bipartisan 12-person …
Pilot program to send mental health professionals with law …
WEBMay 10, 2022 · By JERRY NOWICKI Capitol News Illinois [email protected] SPRINGFIELD – Police departments in four communities in Illinois will be part of a co-responder pilot program that aims to send social workers and mental health professionals on law enforcement calls. That was part of House Bill 4736, a measure signed into law …
Illinois Supreme Court to determine if cannabis odor can be cause …
WEBJan 10, 2024 · The Maryland General Assembly passed a law last year prohibiting warrantless searches caused by the odor of cannabis. Last year, Sen. Rachel Ventura, D-Joliet, introduced a bill that would amend the Illinois Vehicle Code and establish the odor of cannabis, raw or burnt, alone “shall not constitute probable cause” to search vehicles or …
Illinois will launch federally-funded mortgage assistance program …
WEBJan 26, 2022 · By GRACE KINNICUTT Capitol News Illinois [email protected] SPRINGFIELD – Beginning this spring, the Illinois Housing Development Authority will start accepting applications for homeowners experiencing financial hardship. The Illinois Emergency Homeowner Assistance Fund …
Capitol Briefs: Biden designates Springfield 1908 Race Riot …
WEBAug 16, 2024 · By JERRY NOWICKI & ANDREW ADAMS Capitol News Illinois [email protected]. President Joe Biden signed a proclamation on Friday to designate the “Springfield 1908 Race Riot National Monument” on the 116 th anniversary of the deadly riot in the state capital. “We're allowing history to be written – what happened …