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Rezin: 'We must continue to fight for a fair and independent map-making process'

By Christina Heath | Jul 1, 2021

The new legislative maps pushed through the General Assembly by Democratic lawmakers and signed into law by Gov. J.B. Pritzker are raising protests from Republicans.

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Sen. Rezin claims Illinois SB 818 'would significantly limit local control over sexual education'

By Christina Heath | Jun 9, 2021

Debate continues over the increasingly controversial Senate Bill 818 (SB 818) that would completely overhaul sexual educations in Illinois schools and decriminalize the transmission of HIV. 

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Loughran Cappel: 'Important to be extra mindful' in bid to expand time frame of school speed zones

By Christina Heath | May 19, 2021

Bipartisan legislation led by state Sen. Meg Loughran Cappel (D-Plainfield) and Rep. Mark Batinick (R-Plainfield) that expands school zone speed limits time periods passed the Senate Transportation Committee May 11.

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Rezin: Democrats meeting behind closed doors for 'secret drafts' of redistricting map is not transparency Illinois demands

By Christina Heath | May 14, 2021

Illinois House Speaker Emanuel Chris Welch (D-Westchester) showed Democratic House legislators where the lines for potential new districts could be drawn behind the locked doors of Capitol Complex in May.

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Cappel pushes bill 'to increase consideration for the well-being of children when sentencing mothers'

By Christina Heath | May 5, 2021

Illinois state Sen. Meg Loughran Cappel's (D-Shorewood) Senate Bill 1566, which allows courts to take into consideration a prison sentence length for expecting mothers or current moms, has passed the Illinois Senate.

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Illinois' new Veterans' Affairs leader Prince dedicated his' life to serving those who've served us'

By Christina Heath | Mar 25, 2021

Gov. J.B. Pritzker has named Terry Prince, a 31-year Navy veteran, the new director of the Illinois Department of Veterans' Affairs (IDVA) after the former administrator stepped down in January.