Anjanette Young speaks at a press conference Tuesday following the passage of the "Anjanette Young Act" out of the House Judiciary Criminal Committee. [BlueRoomStream] 

In 2019, Anjanette Young was getting undressed in her apartment while getting ready for bed when Chicago police officers broke her door down and raided her home. The officers were acting on a tip by an informant — but were at the wrong house.

Six years later, the House Judiciary Committee approved a measure Tuesday intended to regulate the use of so-called no-knock warrants in Illinois.

In 2017, the Illinois General Assembly passed a law expanding record-sealing eligibility to allow some ex-offenders with felony convictions to apply to have their records sealed. Nearly eight years later, more than 900,000 eligible Illinoisans are waiting to get their records sealed.  

The Clean State Act looks to fix this by making record sealing for nonviolent felonies automatic. The measure will be proposed this spring by Rep. Jehan Gordon-Booth (D-Peoria). 

The House Personnel and Pensions Committee meets Thursday in Springfield. 

The House Personnel and Pensions Committee approved a measure Thursday to codify existing federal merit requirements for some public sector employees into state law, a move intended to prevent privatization of government services. 

Advocates for an overdose prevention site bill speak after it passed committee Thursday in Springfield. [BlueRoomStream]

After years of work, a measure to create an overdose prevention site pilot program could make it to the governor’s desk this year. 

Gov. JB Pritzker speaks at the Illinois Education Association Representative Assembly Thursday in Rosemont. 

Illinois is joining a lawsuit alleging mass layoffs within the Department of Education are part of a plan to unlawfully dismantle the department. 

The House Health and Human Services Appropriations Committee meets Thursday in Springfield. [BlueRoomStream]

The House Health and Human Services Appropriations Committee passed a measure Thursday to streamline two programs that provide medical assistance to non-citizens who are victims of human trafficking, torture or other serious crimes. 

The House Judiciary Civil Committee approved a series of bills Wednesday intended to allow all Illinois corporations to choose their governance style, stop threatening “leafletting” and ban third-party restaurant reservation sellers.   

The Senate Executive Committee meets Wednesday in Springfield [BlueRoomStream]

The House Executive Committee approved a series of measures Wednesday to increase the borrowing limit for the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago (MWRD), add cultural heritage sites to the definition of conservation rights and change the audit requirement for local units of government. 

A CTA logo and train. 

Suburban municipalities want to ensure they keep a seat at the table as the General Assembly looks at possible reforms for Chicago-area transit agencies. 

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A measure proposed in the Illinois General Assembly would require state agencies to begin prioritizing Illinois farmers and quality when purchasing food.