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Today, the Illinois Senate Judiciary Committee approved House Bill 3142. The bill will “ban the box” in the higher education admissions process and prevents public colleges and universities from asking about or considering a person’s criminal record for purposes of admission.
Earlier this afternoon, the full Illinois Senate approved House Bill 4469 on a vote of 38-17.
Illinois citizens seeking to utilize the State’s Election Day Registration process to vote in the 2018 general election can do so without further interruption from a ideologically-driven group. The victory for access to the ballot comes after a court earlier this month closed Harlan v.
A measure that allows police to deploy drones with powerful surveillance technology has moved to the Illinois House.
Earlier today, Governor Bruce Rauner used an amendatory veto to try to reinstate the death penalty in Illinois, seven years after it was repealed by the legislature.
Khadine Bennett, Advocacy and Intergovernmental Affairs Director at the ACLU of Illinois, responded as follows:
Earlier today, members of the Illinois House State Government Administration Committee unanimously voted Senate Bill 3503 out of committee. The bill requires county courthouses across the State of Illinois to have clean, separate space available for parents to pump breast milk. The bill, which