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Some of the dumb new laws from the Illinois General Assembly
Have mercy if this list is woefully incomplete. The recently concluded session of the Illinois General Assembly sent a blizzard of some 560 bills to Gov. JB Pritzker for signature, so we certainly don’t know what all is in them (and most lawmakers don’t, either.) -
Illinois Supreme Court Appoints Robert Mcintire As Resident Judge in Fifth Judicial Circuit
Justice David K. Overstreet and the Illinois Supreme Court have announced the appointment of Robert E. McIntire as a Resident Circuit Judge of Vermilion County, in the Fifth Judicial Circuit. -
Gov. Pritzker Takes Bill Action as of May 27, 2022
Gov. Pritzker Takes Bill Action as of May 27, 2022. -
Elik's bill improving transportation safety for foster children signed into law
A bill introduced by State Rep. Amy Elik (R-Fosterburg) was signed into law on May 13, which will improve the safety of transportation for foster children. -
Gov. Pritzker Takes Bill Action on May 6, 2022
Gov. Pritzker Takes Bill Action on May 6, 2022. -
Governor Pritzker Launches Initiative to Improve Behavioral Health Services for Children
Governor Pritzker Launches Initiative to Improve Behavioral Health Services for Children. -
House passes Elik's bill to improve transportation for kids in foster care
A bill sponsored by Rep. Amy Elik (R-Fosterburg) that would improve the safety of transportation for foster children passed the House on March 7. -
Gov. Pritzker Announces Four Appointments to Boards and Councils
Gov. Pritzker Announces Four Appointments to Boards and Councils. -
ILLINOIS GOVERNOR J.B. PRITZKER: Gov. Pritzker Takes Bill Action
Governor JB Pritzker took the following bill action. -
MC Board expected to confirm Tanzyus and Bethel as replacements for Hulme and Dorman
Dave Tanzyus will be appointed Madison County administrator at a special board meeting at 5 p.m. -
IL Inspector General's effort to block access to state hiring reports show IL not ready to lift feds oversight: Court filing
While Gov. JB Pritzker says the state is ready to emerge from federal court oversight of its hiring practices, a new court filing asserts efforts by the Office of the Executive Inspector General to impede court-appointed monitors from seeing certain state hiring reports says otherwise. -
Cates campaign accepts contributions from firm representing accused child rapist; Cates says Overstreet 'has no integrity' for ads defending his record
FIFTH DISTRICT – While Supreme Court candidate Judy Cates accuses opponent David Overstreet of releasing a child rapist, her campaign takes money from the firm that won his release. -
Kwayera Jackson prosecutor: Madison County SAO abandoned duty in failing to object to killer's early release
Uhe deserted baby Kwayera and his family and further tried to cover it up. Let the voters of Madison County decide if such actions are those of a good leader for our justice system -
Suit alleges former daycare worker was demoted, fired for reporting child abuse to state
BELLEVILLE — A former employee at a daycare/preschool claims she was harassed and fired for reporting alleged child abuse to the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services. -
ILLINOIS GOVERNOR J.B. PRITZKER: Gov. Pritzker Announces Five Appointments to Children and Family Services Advisory Council, Sports Facilities Authority
Building on a strong team of diverse experts in their fields, Governor JB Pritzker announced the following appointments in his administration. -
ILLINOIS GOVERNOR J.B. PRITZKER: Gov. Pritzker Announces Three Appointments to State Boards
Building on a strong team of diverse experts in their fields, Governor JB Pritzker announced the following appointments in his administration. -
Madison County to participate in fourth National Adoption Day
Madison County's court system will participate in National Adoption Day on Nov. 23, where nationally, thousands of adoptions of children currently in foster care are finalized. -
Madison County civil docket Sept. 23-27
Madison County judges Dugan, Hylla, Ruth, Stobbs, Chapman, Smith, and Harrison have law cases scheduled on the civil docket for Sept. 23-27. -
Illinois public services being cut to pay unsustainable pension cost
Public pensions are already eating away Illinois government services, increasing by more than 500% during the past 20 years as spending on core services including child protection, state police and college money for poor students has dropped by nearly one-third since 2000. -
REPRESENTATIVE RODNEY L. DAVIS (IL-13): Davis and Wagner Introduce Legislation to Modernize Child and Dependent Care
U.S. Reps. Rodney Davis (R-Ill.) and Ann Wagner (R-Mo.) released the following statement after they introduced the Child and Dependent Care Modernization Act of 2019, legislation that would help alleviate some of the financial burdens that come with rising costs of child and dependent care.