Springfield News
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MAR 06, 2018
On Monday, Ford Motors worker Christie Van told a panel of Illinois lawmakers what happened when she brought her sexual harassment complaints to a union representative and two human resource officers at the plant.
“As I left the building that day to end my shift, I was pushed down in a parking lot and stomped on my back,” she said. “I called the harassment hotline so much they knew me by voice.”
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MAR 05, 2018
9:00 a.m. - Chicago - A joint meeting of the House Veterans' Affairs Committee and Senate Veterans Affairs Committee will convene in room C600 of the Bilandic Building for a subject matter hearing into the Quincy Veterans Home Legionella outbreak and response.
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Hours after the Illinois General Assembly passed a bill to create a gun-dealer licensing system in the wake of the deaths of Chicago Police Commander Paul Bauer and 17 high school students in Parkland, Florida, Mayor Rahm Emanuel called on Gov. Bruce Rauner to the sign the bill immediately.
“All eyes are on the governor,“ Mayor Rahm Emanuel said. “It is essential that the governor signs this law and signs it immediately.” Credit: Heather Cherone, The Daily Line
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The Illinois Human Rights Commission will update their sexual harassment complaint protocols today while an array of anti-harassment bills are scheduled to make their way through the crowded Capitol today. House Executive, Senate Government Reform, House Labor & Commerce, and House Economic Justice committees will all take up bills designed to take a bite out of sexism in Springfield and elsewhere. New ethics tools, including one which could give the statehouse’s inspectors general some sharper teeth, are riding along with most of them.
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Today is set to be an endurance marathon for statehouse politics. Funding and laws on the Illinois State Board of Education will be up for debate in two committees, while cryptocurrencies make their debut debate in a joint House hearing. But leading the day will be a package of gun control legislation moving through committees.
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FEB 26, 2018
No legislative committee meetings are scheduled for today, nor will chambers meet. But an attempted legislative check on People’s Gas will be announced in Chicago, and the Lottery Board will hold its bi-monthly meeting. Meanwhile, the City Club will hear from a man overseeing a state agency worth $1.45 billion.
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FEB 23, 2018
A quiet Friday is expected in Springfield, with most action returning north to Chicago, where campaign announcements are expected along with a worker's compensation subject matter hearing from the Senate Subcommittee on Tort Reform. Meanwhile, Gov. Bruce Rauner is continues his campaign trail stops to discuss his budget in central Illinois.
Friday, Feb. 23
8:30 a.m. - Chicago - The Illinois State Board of Investment’s Executive Board will hold its quarterly meeting at 180 N. LaSalle St, suite 2015. Steve Zahn will provide a legislative update. The board will hear recommendations from both its investment and compliance committees, and will get a projected-versus-actual budget update. The executive director is expected to brief the group on the continued search for general counsel. Two presentations are scheduled on the group’s deferred compensation plan, one from T. Rowe Price. [ Agenda ]
