The Illinois Department of Natural Resources recently announced it would consult with Native American leaders about finding more appropriate names for some state parks because some names are not considered respectful. Starved Rock in LaSalle County is named after a legend about Native Americans starving to death there while seeking refuge from a battle with another tribe.

According to the Illinois Department of Public Health, the number of abortions provided for Illinois women declined slightly, but abortions for out-of-state residents increased by 49 percent.

State Sen. Jason Plummer asked where the agency failed in reporting the whereabouts of Crosetti Brand, who last month was released and a day later allegedly killed an 11-year-old and stabbed a pregnant woman.

“Our No. 1 argument is that there needs to be more crimes on the detention list and that would get those prosecutors and those judges to really hear if someone is a danger to society,” said State Rep. Dennis Tipsword, who also serves as the Woodford county chief deputy sheriff.

The legislation would change BIPA’s violation accrual so that each initial collection of a fingerprint or other biometric data would amount to one violation, rather than a violation occurring for each individual scan. Employees might scan their fingerprints dozens of times per shift if they’re unlocking doors or cabinets with those scans.

House Bill 4591, an initiative of Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias, would, for the first time in Illinois, require lobbyists to disclose how much they are paid by each of their clients.

Unions at an Illinois community college are opposing a bill that seeks to advance access to dual credit for high school students. House Bill 5020 would amend the Dual Credit Quality Act and change how high school districts and community colleges partner to provide dual credit courses, as well as the standards for dual credit courses.

First, he attacked opponents of the proposed electric vehicle battery plant in Mecosta County as “xenophobes“. But he also asserted that the CCP is the same as the Republican and Democratic parties in the U.S.

Their letter to Secretary Antony Blinken and Secretary Pete Buttigieg urges the officials to be cautious when approving new flights between the United States and the People’s Republic of China, citing unfair market practices and security concerns.

Several members of the Pritzker family, heirs to the Hyatt Hotels fortune — are also on the Forbes Billionaires list again, including Gov. JB Pritzker, along with two relatives who made the list for the first time this year.

Ameya Pawar, former member of the Chicago City Council and appointee to the Illinois Finance Authority/Climate Bank: “In most cases, governments launched public options as common-sense enterprises to meet a community’s needs. But despite ample evidence of their efficacy, they have yet to be taken seriously as a tool to tackle food deserts. And that’s unfortunate, because where there are food deserts, there are almost always banking, child care, health care and every other type of desert, too. Public options could be a potent force to tackle them. This is where Illinois is flipping the script.”

City of Grants Pass, Oregon v. Johnson will determine if municipalities can use local ordinances to ban homeless people from sleeping outside with a blanket or other bedding materials. Illinois advocates say if the high court sides with Grants Pass, it could make it easier for municipalities to criminalize homelessness in the state and throughout the U.S. Oral arguments

A bipartisan group of Senators, including Dick Durbin, are attempting to move legislation which will protect workers from being forced into arbitration when they try to sue their employers.

Meyers has been a speech-language pathologist in Northern Illinois for over a decade and says her pay has barely budged either. With inflation, it’s a pay cut. It is especially tough considering the level of education and licensing requirements you need to be a speech therapist.

Matt Dean, of The Heartland Institute, thinks Dr. Anthony Fauci will be on the hot seat for a while. According to U.S. Sen. Rand Paul, new information from a Marine whistleblower has tied Fauci to the research in China that may have led to the coronavirus pandemic.

The truck that weighs more than 1.3 million pounds and hauls up to 400 tons was one of more than 200 entries in the annual contest. “These machines are manufactured in Peoria and shipped around the world to support mining the minerals and materials that are required to do this manufacturing around the globe,” a Komatsu spokesman said. “We feel it’s a big honor and also responsibility to sell these products throughout the world.”

House Bill 545 would require the Department of Human Services to establish add-on rates for childcare providers participating in the state’s Child Care Assistance Program to purchase supplemental diapers. Brightpoint policy manager Eric Mayo said the program’s cost ranges from $4 million to $6 million, which acts like an “additional check” for families trying to ensure their children have diapers.

Our vote-loving politicians, who know an applause line when they hear one, will often publicly rant about redundant taxing bodies that spend big money but produce little. But they’ve done nothing to solve this glaring problem.

LaHood, who sits on the House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party and the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, said, “China plays by a different set of rules and standards than every other industrialized country in the world. They cheat, they lie, they’ve been deceitful in many different ways.”

Jim Nowlan: “Elections are about choices. Illinois needs a political system that encourages, rather than discourages, choices on the ballot. Then, voters might feel their democracy is worth a greater effort to go to the polls.”