Lame Duck Look Back: How criminal justice bill would overhaul officer certification
A criminal justice package that passed both chambers of the General Assembly last month contains provisions that would grant the ...
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Lame Duck Look Back: Economic equity bill aims to protect conviction records, end wage disparity
Sponsored by Rep. Sonya Harper, D-Chicago, Senate Bill 1480 was one of four bills under the economic access, equity and ...
Lame Duck Look Back: The end of cash bail in Illinois
Illinois will transition away from the use of cash bail as a determinant of pretrial detention by 2023 after lawmakers ...
UPDATED: GOP lawmakers raise concerns about ‘decoupling’ bill
A bill endorsed by Gov. JB Pritzker that would eliminate expanded federal tax deductions for businesses created under the CARES ...
Lame Duck Look Back: How the Black Caucus passed criminal justice reform
This story is part of an ongoing “Lame Duck Look Back” series in which Capitol News Illinois is following up ...
Lame Duck Look Back: Bill allows victims to collect pretrial interest on civil damages
The Illinois General Assembly last week pushed through legislation to allow victims in all personal injury and wrongful death cases ...
Vote by mail, remote voting, ‘decoupling’ bills fail in lame duck session
The 101st Illinois General Assembly took historic action by passing legislation to end cash bail prior to electing a Black ...
Republican leaders react as lame duck session nears end
Republican leadership offered harsh criticisms for their Democratic counterparts Tuesday as the Illinois General Assembly neared the end of its ...
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