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Gov. Pritzker Announces Four Appointments to Boards and Councils
Gov. Pritzker Announces Four Appointments to Boards and Councils. -
Challenges incoming to Dems' COVID vax-related changes to IL Right of Conscience Law?
Unusual bid by the current Democratic majority in Springfield to not only strip away conscience protections from COVID vaccine mandate objectors, but declare what lawmakers meant decades earlier when the IL Conscience Act was approved, may open those changes to the law up to legal challenges. -
A blood-boiling performance by Illinois lawmakers to ensure punishment of vax mandate resisters
Unless you want your blood to boil, do not watch the video from last week of supporters of a bill to amend Illinois’ Health Care Right of Conscience Act (HCRCA). Dishonesty, despotism and undisguised ignorance were on full display in a move to assure compliance with vaccine and other COVID mandates. -
Prosecutor who sent child killer Sims to prison said parole was granted by a board of 'urban nitwits'
SPRINGFIELD – People still buy a book that former Madison County prosecutor Don Weber wrote about sending murderer Paula Sims to prison, but in the final chapter she wins. -
Gov. Pritzker Announces Five Appointments to Authorities, Boards and Commissions
Gov. Pritzker Announces Five Appointments to Authorities, Boards and Commissions. -
IL Dems revise Conscience Act, but say they're not, in 'implicit recognition' law protected vax mandate objectors
Courts will ultimately be left to unravel whether the Democrats' "declaration of existing law" should now allow the state and employers to enforce vaccine mandates against religious objectors, when courts have been skeptical, at best. -
Day care group warns vaccine mandates will lead to less access
(The Center Square) – Operators of licensed day cares in Illinois say the governor’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate on the industry will make a staffing crisis even more acute. -
'Trying to thread a needle': Changes to IL Right of Conscience law intended to 'provide cover' for Pritzker administration, lawyer says
Downstate attorney Tom Devore, who is behind a barrage of lawsuits vs Gov. JB Pritzker and others, says proposed changes to the Illinois Health Care Right of Conscience Act are an 'absurd' attempt to legally justify past actions by Pritzker related to COVID vaccine mandates and COVID-related restrictions. -
IL Dems to strip any potential for vax mandate protection from IL Health Care Right of Conscience law
Gov. JB Pritzker and others have argued the law was never intended to protect anyone other than doctors, and certainly not people objecting to being forced to take COVID vaccines -
Judges: Democrats' June state district maps unconstitutional; New September maps still under review
A panel of federal judges said Democrats' decision to use "population estimates," rather than Census data resulted in unbalanced districts, under a plan rushed through simply to retain firm grip on power -
Illinois' 'extreme' risk of gerrymandering becomes reality through congressional map
The Illinois congressional map proposal released by Democrats has districts that are far from compact, snaking to catch and avoid populations. Republicans label it the ‘Nancy Pelosi Protection Plan.’ -
Attorney General Raoul Issues Statement in Response to Court Issuing Preliminary Injunction Blocking Texas Abortion Ban
Attorney General Raoul Issues Statement in Response to Court Issuing Preliminary Injunction Blocking Texas Abortion Ban. -
Gov. Pritzker Announces Three Appointments to Boards and Authorities
Gov. Pritzker Announces Three Appointments to Boards and Authorities. -
Gov. Pritzker Announces 11 Appointments to Boards, Commissions, and Task Force
Gov. Pritzker Announces 11 Appointments to Boards, Commissions, and Task Force. -
Bost Votes Against Democrats’ Abortion Bill
Bost Votes Against Democrats’ Abortion Bill. -
Davis, Lahood Announce 183d Wing Base Project Included in House-passed NDAA
Davis, Lahood Announce 183d Wing Base Project Included in House-passed NDAA. -
Gov. Pritzker Signs Revised Legislative Maps that Preserve Minority Representation and Reflect Illinois' Diversity
Gov. Pritzker Signs Revised Legislative Maps that Preserve Minority Representation and Reflect Illinois' Diversity. -
Illinois ethics reform uncertain after House rejects Pritzker's amendatory veto
Illinois made an important first step in its break with the corrupt practices that defined the legislative process under former Illinois House Speaker Mike Madigan. New ethics rules about lobbying, financial disclosures and the legislative watchdog were passed in the final hours of the session, but the reforms may die after the House rejected a technical change to the legislation by Gov. J.B. Pritzker. -
Davis, Lahood Announce 183d Wing Base Project Included in Committee-passed NDAA
Davis, Lahood Announce 183d Wing Base Project Included in Committee-passed NDAA. -
Gov. Pritzker Announces Sixteen Appointments to Illinois Boards and Commissions as of August 31, 2021
Gov. Pritzker Announces Sixteen Appointments to Illinois Boards and Commissions as of August 31, 2021.