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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 topics for Republicans trying to loosen Democrats’ hold on state government. The Safety ...
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WEB5 days ago · Case of former AT&T boss accused of bribing Madigan heads to jury. Tuesday, September 17, 2024. A federal jury in Chicago is deliberating the case of former AT&T Illinois president Paul La Schiazza, who is accused of bribing powerful Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan. Read more.
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WEBShe started in newspapers at a Texas daily, then joined the Belleville News Democrat in 2000. During her nearly 20 years there she covered breaking news, the police and courts, and county government, before joining the investigative team. In 2023, Beth won her second Robert F. Kennedy journalism award with her reporting partner, Molly Parker ...
What to know about Illinois’ assault weapons ban
WEBDec 4, 2023 · Illinois’ assault weapons ban is wide-ranging and affects a variety of firearms and accessories, most notably weapons based on the design of the AR-15. The law classifies more than 170 different models of firearm as assault weapons. The statute also lists several general types of weapons under its definition of …
Illinois Senate advances changes to state’s biometric privacy law …
WEBApr 11, 2024 · SPRINGFIELD – It’s been more than a year since the Illinois Supreme Court “respectfully suggest(ed)” state lawmakers clarify a law that’s led to several multi-million-dollar settlements with tech companies over the collection of Illinoisans’ biometric data.
Health insurance changes targeting ‘utilization management,’ …
WEBThe package also includes measures giving the Illinois Department of Insurance authority to approve or deny premium rate changes in large-group health insurance plans while banning the sale of short-term, limited duration individual health plans, which are sometimes derisively referred to as “junk insurance.”
Pritzker signs law allowing digital driver’s licenses among …
WEBAug 12, 2024 · Official state mushroom, fluorescent light bulb ban among other laws signed. Gov. JB Pritzker on Monday signed a measure designating the “giant puffball” as the state’s mushroom after signing hundreds of bills on Friday, completing action on legislation sent to him by lawmakers this spring. Pritzker has now signed more than 460 bills ...
DCFS releases details of 8-year-old’s death as hearing on 30-year …
WEBApr 5, 2022 · By BETH HUNDSDORFER Capitol News Illinois [email protected] SPRINGFIELD – In the weeks before 8-year-old Navin Jones died, the Department of Children and Family Services had investigated his parents for nabbing him from his legal guardian and had received a hotline call reporting that the child didn’t go to school and was berated, bruised and starved. It’s the latest ...
For at least 6 months, state failed to act on Carlinville funeral ...
WEBDec 6, 2023 · By BETH HUNDSDORFER Capitol News Illinois [email protected] State regulators allowed a Carlinville funeral director to operate for months despite a complaint filed by a local coroner who found a decomposing body in his funeral home and alleged the care of the remains was “unacceptable and criminal in nature.” While trying to assist a local family with retrieving cremated ...