Springfield News
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Sen. Jill Tracy (R-Quincy) is the latest legislator to point to video game creators and Hollywood as a reason for an increase in school shootings, telling Peoria Public Radio they should accept some responsibility for de-sensitizing people to violence. The senator says gun bans won’t stop school shootings and that it makes more sense to improve mental health care. [NPR]
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MAR 20, 2018
The Daily Line will be providing ongoing live coverage of races throughout the day, in both Springfield and Chicago. To for a trackside seat, follow Chicago political reporting from A.D. Quig, via @ad_quig on Twitter. To tune into statehouse races, you can follow your humble Capitol editor @RaeHodge on Twitter.
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MAR 19, 2018
Walk-in candidates--those unchallenged in either primary or general election--are set to stroll through Tuesday to take 58 of the Illinois General Assembly’s 177 seats in the 2018 elections. Candidates who walk into office, rather than run for it, account for a third of seats, more than any other type of candidate in the state's legislative races.
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MAR 14, 2018
Revealing a trio of bills aimed at the Legionella outbreaks at the Quincy Veterans’ Home, a bipartisan group of state senators hosted a fiery press conference Tuesday in the Illinois Capitol. Democratic and GOP lawmakers criticized Gov. Bruce Rauner for his administration's handling of the outbreaks, and offered legislation aimed to tighten disease testing and reporting controls at all state veterans homes.
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MAR 13, 2018
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MAR 13, 2018
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MAR 07, 2018
Four subject matter hearings are scheduled for the day, beginning with teacher shortages and ending with German energy policy. The main event is likely to be the House Human Service Committee’s attempt to update opioid overdose reporting. But the growing stack of bills aimed at tackling a culture of sexism in state government, and awaiting hearing in committees, has become impossible to ignore.
