Lawmakers pass bills on AI community college instruction, food handling, school bus seat belts
Lawmakers approved limits on AI instruction at community colleges, a school bus seat-belt requirement and new allergen training for food ...
Patrick Windhorst
Legislature kills bill that would have expanded resentencing for youth offenders
In a rare move, a Democrat-led bill to expand parole to more people in Illinois sentenced for crimes before they ...
UPDATED: Environmental bills seek to improve soil health, ban state use of polystyrene foam containers
Several pieces of environmental legislation are making their way through the Illinois General Assembly on what was scheduled to be ...
What’s in the SAFE-T Act? A look at the 2021 criminal justice reform and how it has evolved
Amid a campaign season in which every constitutional office and seat in the Illinois General Assembly will be up for ...
IDOC makes plan to close units at Vandalia, Pontiac prisons
The Illinois Department of Corrections is making plans to downsize—plans that a major public employee union claims have not been ...
Republicans announce effort to repeal SAFE-T Act, Democrats call it ‘all for show’
Republicans are calling for their Democratic counterparts in the Illinois House to join them in efforts to repeal criminal justice ...
Inmate voting rights bill still on the table
Illinois lawmakers could take up a bill later this month that would restore voting rights to convicted offenders serving time ...
GOP lawmaker proposes tighter restrictions on late-term abortions
A Republican state lawmaker has proposed legislation to impose new restrictions on access to late-term abortions.
Windhorst vows to work for southern Illinois, conservative principles in Springfield
When newly-elected state Rep. Patrick Windhorst sat down for an interview on Tuesday, Jan. 29, he and other House Republicans ...
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