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Bill would make injuring, killing a police dog while driving under influence a felony

House also passes bills addressing ‘sexting’ education, supplying feminine products at colleges

SPRINGFIELD (CNI) – Lawmakers advanced a bill Thursday to make it a felony offense if a person kills or injures a police animal while driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs. Rep. Joe Sosnowski (R-Rockford) sponsored House Bill 3019, which passed with 72 votes in favor. He said it was brought to him by a state’s attorney from his district. “We had an unfortunate circumstance of a drunk driver who hit a police safety vehicle, instantly killing a rescue […]

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State pausing use of Johnson & Johnson vaccine per federal recommendations

Member of governor’s staff tests positive for COVID-19

SPRINGFIELD (CNI) – On the advice of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Illinois will pause the distribution of a COVID-19 vaccine developed by Johnson & Johnson. The federal agencies made that recommendation Tuesday morning after reporting rare and severe blood clots in six people who had taken the vaccine. The CDC and FDA are reviewing the data regarding those cases. In a news release Tuesday, the Illinois Department of Public Health advised that […]

todayApril 13, 2021 2

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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 […]

todayApril 8, 2021 5

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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 […]

todayMarch 18, 2021 10

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

todayMarch 8, 2021 14

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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 […]

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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. […]

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