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Today, the Department of Health and Human Services proposed a change to the Health Care Rights Law, Section 1557 of the Affordable Care Act, which would roll back non-discrimination protections for transgender and nonbinary people. This proposed rule would also eliminate antidiscrimination prote
Earlier today, the Illinois House Executive Committee approved Senate Bill 2090.
By a vote of 32-18, the Illinois Senate today approved House Bill 1613, making permanent the practice in Illinois of collecting data about traffic and pedestrian stops.
The below statement can be attributed to Heidi Dalenberg, General Counsel, ACLU of Illinois:
Last night, the Illinois Senate Criminal Law Committee approved House Bill 1613, a measure that would make permanent the current practice of collecting data about every traffic stop conducted by police in the State of Illinois.