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An estimated one in five homicide victims are killed by an intimate partner, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The CDC also reports that about 75% of female domestic violence survivors and 48% of male survivors experience some…
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(NewsNation) — Amid an alarming shortage of police officers across the country, there’s a bold new proposal that might help solve the problem: filling police ranks with non-U.S. citizens. Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker signed a bill last week that would…
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SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WAND) — The tourism industry is booming in Illinois. State leaders announced Monday that Illinois hotels made $308 million during Fiscal Year 2023. Gov. JB Pritzker said that is the highest hotel revenue numbers in state history. 111…
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SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WAND) — Illinois House Democrats approved four bills protecting reproductive health care rights Wednesday night. Senate Bill 1344 will require insurance coverage for medication abortion, hormone therapy for people needing gender affirming care, and PEP or PrEP medication to…
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Illinois State Representative Margaret Croke has pushed legislation to strengthen and expand the current Illinois cyber-bullying statute. House Bill 3425 expands the definition of bullying to include additional protected characteristics including; physical appearance, socioeconomic status, academic status, pregnancy, parenting status,…
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How many of these fast facts about Speaker Welch did you know? 🤔Learn more about House Speaker Emanuel “Chris” Welch on In My Own Words with Cory Thames. 🎥
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In 2022, you elected our first Vietnamese American, Korean American, Palestinian American Muslim, Indian American Muslim, and South Asian Pacific Islander American members to the Illinois House. Our Asian American Caucus DOUBLED. And we’re just getting started. Rep. Hoan Huynh…
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CHICAGO — With Chicago’s skyline glistening in the background, local Democrats took a victory lap Wednesday after landing the 2024 Democratic National Convention. The campaign to win the convention for Chicago began in late 2021, with Governor JB Pritzker, Senator…
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Rep. La Shawn Ford has teamed up with twins, Phallon and Kyra, to introduce legislation that “would require school districts to include authors from all ethnicities and backgrounds in reading assignments for grades kindergarten through 12th.”
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Illinois State Representatives Stephanie Kifowit, Hoan Huynh, and Mark Walker are supporting legislation to officially declare March 29th Welcome Home Vietnam Veterans Day. This marks the day that our troops returned home from the Vietnam War.
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