Senator Scott Bennett and Representative Carol Ammons will host a town hall on marijuana legalization on Feb. 18, 2019. The event begins at 6 p.m. at the Illinois Terminal in Champaign.
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February 17, 2019 at 08:36PM
Senator Scott Bennett and Representative Carol Ammons will host a town hall on marijuana legalization on Feb. 18, 2019. The event begins at 6 p.m. at the Illinois Terminal in Champaign.
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February 17, 2019 at 08:36PM
76th District State Rep. Lance Yednock met with students, staff and faculty and toured Illinois Valley Community College Tuesday. It was his first visit to campus since being sworn in Jan. 9. Yednock (standing) met with (from left) Student Government Association representatives Xavier Braboy, Julia Browning and Teresa Sajuan and IV Leader reporter Brittany Marx. “Community colleges are where I see the future going,” Yednock said. “It’s where the next generation of workers will be trained.” The 76th includes La Salle, Bureau, Putnam and Livingston counties.
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February 13, 2019 at 07:03AM
State Rep. John Connor, D-Lockport, is supporting a bill that would address workplace harassment and ensure a safe working environment for all employees.
House Bill 905 would create model policies and best practices for employers, according to a news release from Connor’s office.
“While much progress has been made in addressing the ongoing issue of workplace harassment, there is more work to be done to make sure that all working environments are safe and constructive,” Connor said. “This legislation will help employers implement policies and guidelines for their employees to hold them accountable and keep them safe.”
The bill also would create the Private Sector Workplace Anti-Harassment Task Force to develop model policies and practices for employers to prevent and combat harassment. The task force will work to create methods for anonymous reporting, protection against retaliation, employee training and guidelines for human resources departments.
Additional policies will be developed to provide protection against harassment based on one’s sexual orientation, gender, immigration status or race.
“This legislation is a necessary measure to help end workplace harassment and ensure that everyone feels safe and secure in their place of work,” Connor said. “Ending workplace harassment is a nonpartisan issue, and I am committed to working with legislators on both sides of the aisle to create safer working environments for all Illinois residents.”
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February 12, 2019 at 10:39PM
Illinois lawmakers are once again want to require the state’s public schools to teach students about the contributions of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people in the history of the nation and the state of Illinois.
The thinking on the LGBT history requirement for Illinois public schools goes like this: Illinois kids already learn about the contributions of African Americans, Hispanic Americans, and Native Americans. Adding LGBT Americans to that list is no big deal. Or so says Democratic state Rep. Anna Moeller.
“Humans, especially young people, need to feel belonged and valued,” Moeller said. “By deliberately excluding or even inadvertently leaving out the history of LGBT contributions, our schools and our teachers send the message that LGBT students don’t belong and aren’t valued.”
Moeller said it is important for LGBT students to know that they are valued.
“An inclusive curriculum is not only intended to improve the history curriculum in our schools. It is intended to improve the lives of millions of LGBT students,” Moeller said. “Students who according to the Human Rights Campaign are three-times more likely to feel isolated, are more frequently bullied, and are more likely to attempt suicide than their straight peers.”
Moeller’s plan to include the LGBT history requirement has already cleared one vote at the statehouse.
The Illinois Senate approved a similar plan last year, but lawmakers left Springfield before the idea came up for a vote in the Illinois House.
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February 7, 2019 at 05:00PM
Illinois lawmakers are once again want to require the state’s public schools to teach students about the contributions of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people in the history of the nation and the state of Illinois.
The thinking on the LGBT history requirement for Illinois public schools goes like this: Illinois kids already learn about the contributions of African Americans, Hispanic Americans, and Native Americans. Adding LGBT Americans to that list is no big deal. Or so says Democratic state Rep. Anna Moeller.
“Humans, especially young people, need to feel belonged and valued,” Moeller said. “By deliberately excluding or even inadvertently leaving out the history of LGBT contributions, our schools and our teachers send the message that LGBT students don’t belong and aren’t valued.”
Moeller said it is important for LGBT students to know that they are valued.
“An inclusive curriculum is not only intended to improve the history curriculum in our schools. It is intended to improve the lives of millions of LGBT students,” Moeller said. “Students who according to the Human Rights Campaign are three-times more likely to feel isolated, are more frequently bullied, and are more likely to attempt suicide than their straight peers.”
Moeller’s plan to include the LGBT history requirement has already cleared one vote at the statehouse.
The Illinois Senate approved a similar plan last year, but lawmakers left Springfield before the idea came up for a vote in the Illinois House.
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February 7, 2019 at 05:00PM
Pharmacies in Illinois would have less time to report dispensing opioid medications and other controlled substances under a bill making its way through the General Assembly.
The House Human Services Committee on Wednesday advanced a bill that would require pharmacies to file those reports by the end of the business day on which controlled substances are dispensed. Current law gives them until the end of the following business day.
“It ensures that medical providers have a complete picture of what their patients are taking so that they’re not over-prescribing opioids to patients who misuse or, actually, frequently then sell the fraudulent medication,” Rep. Katie Stuart, D-Edwardsville, the bill’s sponsor, told the committee during testimony.
She said the bill is an attempt to prevent what she called “doctor shopping.” Under current law, she said, people trying to obtain illicit doses can visit multiple doctors over a 48-hour period and receive multiple prescriptions before any of those prescriptions are reported.
In an interview after the hearing, Stuart said the nation’s opioid epidemic has affected nearly every community, including her home community of Edwardsville.
“Some areas in my district and the surrounding area have really been hit hard, so I’ve been just talking to folks, trying to approach it from every angle that we can and look at every way we can stop this,” she said.
Although the bill passed out of the committee unanimously, some members suggested it might need technical amendments to define what constitutes a business day, and how that would apply to pharmacies that are open 24 hours a day.
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February 6, 2019 at 10:28PM
Pharmacies in Illinois would have less time to report dispensing opioid medications and other controlled substances under a bill making its way through the General Assembly.
The House Human Services Committee on Wednesday advanced a bill that would require pharmacies to file those reports by the end of the business day on which controlled substances are dispensed. Current law gives them until the end of the following business day.
“It ensures that medical providers have a complete picture of what their patients are taking so that they’re not over-prescribing opioids to patients who misuse or, actually, frequently then sell the fraudulent medication,” Rep. Katie Stuart, D-Edwardsville, the bill’s sponsor, told the committee during testimony.
She said the bill is an attempt to prevent what she called “doctor shopping.” Under current law, she said, people trying to obtain illicit doses can visit multiple doctors over a 48-hour period and receive multiple prescriptions before any of those prescriptions are reported.
In an interview after the hearing, Stuart said the nation’s opioid epidemic has affected nearly every community, including her home community of Edwardsville.
“Some areas in my district and the surrounding area have really been hit hard, so I’ve been just talking to folks, trying to approach it from every angle that we can and look at every way we can stop this,” she said.
Although the bill passed out of the committee unanimously, some members suggested it might need technical amendments to define what constitutes a business day, and how that would apply to pharmacies that are open 24 hours a day.
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February 6, 2019 at 10:28PM
Pharmacies in Illinois would have less time to report dispensing opioid medications and other controlled substances under a bill making its way through the General Assembly.
The House Human Services Committee on Wednesday advanced a bill that would require pharmacies to file those reports by the end of the business day on which controlled substances are dispensed. Current law gives them until the end of the following business day.
“It ensures that medical providers have a complete picture of what their patients are taking so that they’re not over-prescribing opioids to patients who misuse or, actually, frequently then sell the fraudulent medication,” Rep. Katie Stuart, D-Edwardsville, the bill’s sponsor, told the committee during testimony.
She said the bill is an attempt to prevent what she called “doctor shopping.” Under current law, she said, people trying to obtain illicit doses can visit multiple doctors over a 48-hour period and receive multiple prescriptions before any of those prescriptions are reported.
In an interview after the hearing, Stuart said the nation’s opioid epidemic has affected nearly every community, including her home community of Edwardsville.
“Some areas in my district and the surrounding area have really been hit hard, so I’ve been just talking to folks, trying to approach it from every angle that we can and look at every way we can stop this,” she said.
Although the bill passed out of the committee unanimously, some members suggested it might need technical amendments to define what constitutes a business day, and how that would apply to pharmacies that are open 24 hours a day.
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February 6, 2019 at 10:28PM
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