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Illinois Emergency Management Agency shares lessons learned from pandemic
Agency asks for more General Revenue funding, expects less from federal government

SPRINGFIELD (CNI) – The Illinois Emergency Management Agency was forced to adapt quickly to a new role when the COVID-19 pandemic first hit last year, and the agency’s director told a legislative committee that more work needs to be done to prepare for the event of another statewide disaster. “Even though we provide resources to counties and local jurisdictions during times of disaster, we really never had a logistical arm to the organization. That has since changed,” IEMA Director Alicia […]

April 8, 2021 5

Capitol News Illinois

Vote-by-mail, curbside voting expansion passes Illinois House
Measure still needs approval from state Senate

SPRINGFIELD (CNI) — The Illinois House passed a bill Thursday that would make permanent some vote-by-mail and curbside voting expansions that the state adopted ahead of the 2020 presidential election due to the COVID-19 pandemic. House Bill 1871, sponsored by Democratic Rep. Katie Stuart, of Edwardsville, passed 70-41, and takes effect immediately. Under the bill, Illinois can use federal funds distributed to states for election administration through the 2002 Help America Vote Act to create and maintain secure collection sites […]

March 18, 2021 8

Capitol News Illinois

Lawmakers have data options for redistricting, experts say
Census delays, early deadlines complicate process in Illinois

SPRINGFIELD (CNI) – Two national experts on reapportionment and redistricting told an Illinois Senate panel on Wednesday that there are a variety of options at the state’s disposal besides using detailed census data to redraw the state’s congressional and legislative district maps. Ben Williams and Wendy Underhill, both of the nonpartisan National Conference of State Legislatures, briefed the Senate Redistricting Committee about the basics of the redistricting process and what options states have to using census data. Using data other […]

March 17, 2021 14

Capitol News Illinois

Lawyers to seek enforcement of decades-old DCFS consent decree
Cook County Public Guardian’s office says foster children still in danger

SPRINGFIELD (CNI) – Lawyers who represent children in the state’s foster care system plan to ask a federal judge this week to take enforcement action against the Department of Children and Family Services, claiming the agency is still out of compliance with a nearly 30-year-old consent decree. “This December will mark the 30th anniversary of the consent decree in this case. Yet even after three decades, DCFS remains in woeful violation of most all of its promises to the children […]

March 9, 2021 9

Business & Lifestyle

Governor’s eviction moratorium extension expands tenant protections in Illinois
Attorneys say some small landlords are being hit hard by non-payment

SPRINGFIELD (Capitol News Illinois) — Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker’s latest executive order extending the eviction moratorium for residential tenants adds a new legal protection for tenants who are unable to pay rent due to the pandemic. Executive order 2021-05, issued on Friday, prevents landlords from pursuing legal action in court against a tenant as long as the tenant gives notice of their inability to pay, and the tenant is not “a direct threat to the health and safety of other […]

March 8, 2021 11

Capital Area Region

First Latina appointed to represent former Madigan Chicago district
Edward Kodatt, Madigan’s initial appointee, resigned

SPRINGFIELD (CNI) — Former Speaker Michael Madigan chose a second replacement to fill the House seat he vacated last week after he publicly urged his first appointee to step down for “alleged questionable conduct,” the exact details of which remain unclear. Angelica Guerrero Cuellar was nominated by Madigan on Thursday during the brief meeting of the five Democratic committeepersons who represent the Chicago wards and Stickney Township within the 22nd District. Guerrero Cuellar, a 30-year resident of Chicago’s southwest side, is the […]

February 25, 2021 32

Capital Area Region

Madigan’s handpicked successor Kodatt resigns after serving three days
Reason for resignation remains unclear

SPRINGFIELD (CNI) — Edward Guerra Kodatt, who was appointed Sunday to replace former Speaker Michael Madigan, resigned abruptly Wednesday after Madigan and Chicago Ald. Marty Quinn issued a statement Tuesday night urging Kodatt to step down in light of unspecified “alleged questionable conduct.” Madigan announced Wednesday he would back Angelica Guerrero Cuellar, the candidate who received the second-highest number of votes on Sunday. Kodatt, 26, is listed as a former member of the House of Representatives on the Illinois General Assembly’s website. […]

February 24, 2021 26

Capitol News Illinois

Madigan chooses Kodatt as House replacement
Appoints Latino to fill seat representing majority Latino community

SPRINGFIELD (CNI) – Former state Rep. Michael Madigan, 78, handpicked his successor on Sunday when he voted to fill the House seat he resigned from on Thursday, marking the end of his 50-year career in the state General Assembly. Out of 10 candidates, Madigan voted for Edward Guerra Kodatt, a 26-year-old employee of Madigan’s 13th ward organization on the southwest side of Chicago, who is of Ecuadorian descent and bilingual. Vacancies in the 22nd House District are filled by vote of the […]

February 22, 2021 13

Capitol News Illinois

UPDATED: Madigan resigns from Illinois House effective immediately
Does not announce plans for state Democratic Party chairmanship

Published 02-18-2021 12:24 PM Updated 02-18-2021 6:00 PM SPRINGFIELD (CNI) — Former House Speaker Michael J. Madigan, 78, announced Thursday he will step down from the state House of Representatives after 50 years in office. “I leave office at peace with my decision and proud of the many contributions I’ve made to the state of Illinois, and I do so knowing I’ve made a difference,” Madigan wrote in a lengthy emailed statement. His initial statement said he plans to retire […]

February 18, 2021 21

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Capitol News Illinois

Illinois Emergency Management Agency shares lessons learned from pandemic
Agency asks for more General Revenue funding, expects less from federal government

Agency asks for more General Revenue funding, expects less from federal government

Vote-by-mail, curbside voting expansion passes Illinois House
Measure still needs approval from state Senate

Measure still needs approval from state Senate

Lawmakers have data options for redistricting, experts say
Census delays, early deadlines complicate process in Illinois

Census delays, early deadlines complicate process in Illinois

Lawyers to seek enforcement of decades-old DCFS consent decree
Cook County Public Guardian’s office says foster children still in danger

Cook County Public Guardian’s office says foster children still in danger

Governor’s eviction moratorium extension expands tenant protections in Illinois
Attorneys say some small landlords are being hit hard by non-payment

Attorneys say some small landlords are being hit hard by non-payment

First Latina appointed to represent former Madigan Chicago district
Edward Kodatt, Madigan’s initial appointee, resigned

Edward Kodatt, Madigan’s initial appointee, resigned

Madigan’s handpicked successor Kodatt resigns after serving three days
Reason for resignation remains unclear

Reason for resignation remains unclear

Madigan chooses Kodatt as House replacement
Appoints Latino to fill seat representing majority Latino community

Appoints Latino to fill seat representing majority Latino community

UPDATED: Madigan resigns from Illinois House effective immediately
Does not announce plans for state Democratic Party chairmanship

Does not announce plans for state Democratic Party chairmanship

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