Springfield News
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MAR 15, 2023
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Kankakee County State’s Attorney Jim Rowe holds a copy of the SAFE-T Act as he argues in front of the Illinois Supreme Court Tuesday. [Blue Room Stream]
The fate of Illinois’ proposed elimination of cash bail is now in the hands of the Illinois Supreme Court after state’s attorneys and the Attorney General’s Office squared off in front of the Democrat-controlled court.
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MAR 14, 2023
Gov. JB Pritzker signs paid leave into law at a news conference in Chicago Monday. [Blue Room Stream]
Illinois workers in the public and private sector at employers of all sizes will be guaranteed five days of paid time off for any reason beginning in 2024 under a law signed by Gov. JB Pritzker Monday.
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MAR 13, 2023
Rep. Ryan Spain (R-Peoria) speaks at a news conference in Springfield Thursday. [Blue Room Stream]
As U.S. Attorney John Lausch stepped away from his post Saturday and the “ComEd Four” stand trial in Chicago Tuesday, House Republicans made their annual pitch for ethics reform in state government.
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MAR 10, 2023
Comptroller Susana Mendoza, right, and Rep. Jay Hoffman (D-Swansea), left, speak to the House Personnel and Pensions Committee Thursday. [Ben Szalinski/The Daily Line]
The House Personnel and Pensions Committee unanimously passed a bill championed by Comptroller Susana Mendoza that will allow Chicago police officers and firefighters, including her brother, disabled by COVID-19 to receive full disability benefits.
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MAR 10, 2023
Cook County Jail
A pair of General Assembly committees approved initiatives pushed by the Cook County Sheriff's Office in recent years aimed at cracking down on lewd acts by jail inmates and helping deputies get in contact with car manufactures to track down stolen vehicles.
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Department of Children and Family Services Director Marc Smith appears before a House appropriations committee last year. [Blue Room Stream]
Lawmakers pressed Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS) Director Marc Smith during his appropriations committee hearing Thursday around staffing and child safety concerns.
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MAR 09, 2023
Sen. Willie Preston (D-Chicago), center, with Chicago firefighter Rep. Mike Kelly (D-Chicago), left, speak at a news conference in Springfield Wednesday. [Ben Szalinski/The Daily Line]
Several Chicago firefighters made their way to Springfield Wednesday to call on state lawmakers to align the Chicago Fire Department’s promotional process with nearly all other fire departments around the state to get what they say would be a fairer promotional process.
