Springfield News
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MAY 18, 2022
Rep. Steve Reick (R-Woodstock), left, and Rep. Chris Bos (R-Lake Zurich) speak during a news conference Tuesday.
House Republicans have seen enough of Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS) Director Marc Smith and are calling on Smith to resign or for Gov. JB Pritzker to find a new department head after an audit released last week revealed the depth of problems at the agency.
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MAY 17, 2022
Gov. JB Pritzker after signing the Fiscal Year 2023 budget at Chicago State University in April. [Ben Szalinski/The Daily Line]
Illinois lawmakers should be more transparent about how they use federal pandemic relief funds and ensure the money is mostly being used for one time-expenditures, according to a new report from the Volcker Alliance.
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MAY 16, 2022
Sen. Sue Rezin (R-Morris) speaks at a news conference in Aurora for Richard Irvin’s campaign on May 9. [Ben Szalinski/The Daily Line]
A week after an auditor general report found the Illinois Department of Public Health did not take a November 2020 COVID-19 outbreak at the LaSalle Veteran’s Home seriously, Sen. Sue Rezin (R-Morris), who represents the home, wants lawmakers to consider legislation she says will address some of the issues found in the audit.
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MAY 16, 2022
Gov. JB Pritzker and Attorney General Kwame Raoul show the bill Pritzker signed at Water Tower Place in Chicago Friday. [Blue Room Stream]
Gov. JB Pritzker signed a bill Friday that retailers hope will reduce smash-and-grabs and organized retail thefts at Chicago-area businesses by targeting people who lead crime rings.
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MAY 13, 2022
Department of Children and Family Services Director Marc Smith speaks during a House committee in January. [ILGA]
A new audit two years in the making confirmed what many advocates in Illinois already believed to be true: the Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS) is failing to properly care for all children under its care.
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MAY 12, 2022
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MAY 12, 2022
Gov. JB Pritzker speaks at a Planned Parenthood location in Fairview Heights Wednesday. [Gov. JB Pritzker/Facebook]
Gov. JB Pritzker called on members of the U.S. Senate to pass legislation codifying a national right to abortion at a news conference Wednesday morning ahead of a Senate vote on a measure.
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MAY 11, 2022
Rep. Barbara Hernandez (D-Aurora) debates a bill in the House on March 1. [Blue Room Stream]
It started as a headache — something that’s not unusual for anyone who works in the state capitol in the middle of spring session. But when she began feeling worse, Rep. Barbara Hernandez (D-Aurora) soon found out she was having a potentially life-threatening stroke.
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MAY 11, 2022
Peoria Police Chief Eric Echevarria speaks at a bill signing ceremony with Gov. JB Pritzker in Peoria Tuesday. [Blue Room Stream]
Police departments in Waukegan, Peoria, Springfield and East St. Louis will soon each have a mental health professional on their police force to assist on calls where a mental health response may be more appropriate than a law enforcement response.
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MAY 10, 2022
Left, Aurora Mayor Richard Irvin speaks about findings in an audit of the LaSalle Veterans’ Home COVID-19 outbreak at a news conference Monday. Right, Gov. JB Pritzker addresses the audit last week. [Ben Szalinski/The Daily Line & Blue Room Stream]
After a state audit found the Gov. JB Pritzker’s administration failed to adequately respond to a November 2020 COVID-19 outbreak at the LaSalle Veterans’ Home, Pritzker’s potential Republican challengers have slammed the first-term governor as the safety of the state’s veterans’ homes becomes a core issue in a second straight gubernatorial election.
