Springfield News
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OCT 13, 2020
Rep. Nathan Reitz (left) faces Republican David Friess in the race to represent Illinois House District 116
Two years after suffering a narrow defeat, Republican David Friess is hoping the voters of House District 116 want to go in a new direction. Bordering the Missouri state line, the district, which includes Monroe and Randolph and portions of Perry and St. Clair counties, has been represented by a Democrat from two families for more than 20 years. -
OCT 12, 2020
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OCT 09, 2020
During a Thursday Senate hearing, Sen. Cristina Castro called for the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity to involve lawmakers more on their outreach efforts to minority-owned business and communities.
A panel of lawmakers on Thursday said the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity (DCEO) needs to improve its communication with their offices in order to more effectively reach out to minority-owned businesses and communities. -
OCT 08, 2020
Gholdy Muhammed, an associate professor at Georgia State University, encouraged a panel of Illinois lawmakers on Wednesday to rewrite the state’s education standards as part of an effort to make education more equitable.
The state’s learning standards and assessments need to be updated to ensure Illinois’ education system is more equitable, a panel of state lawmakers were told Wednesday. -
OCT 07, 2020
Gov. JB Pritzker on Tuesday announced seven “guiding principles” that will serve as starting points for reforming the state’s criminal justice system.
Gov. JB Pritzker on Tuesday announced seven “guiding principles” that will serve as starting points for making the state’s criminal justice system more equitable. -
OCT 07, 2020
Illinois recorded its deadliest two-month span in terms of opioid overdose deaths earlier this year since 2018, according to the Illinois Department of Public Health.
More Illinoisans died of opioid overdoses in May than any other month since as least January 2018, according to a new report from the state Department of Public Health.
Illinois recorded more than 250 opioid overdose deaths in April, followed by 269 in May, making it the deadliest two-month period on record since 2018. Since then, the previous monthly record for opioid overdose deaths was set in Dec. 2019, when nearly 250 Illinoisans died.
Republican Rep. Dan Ugaste faces Democrat Martha Paschke in the race to represent House District 65
