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For the first time since the General Assembly adjourned its historic regular legislative session in early June, lawmakers will be back at the Capitol for more legislative action next week. The annual "veto session," so called because it's the Legislature's first opportunity to override the governor's vetoes each year, will convene Oct. 28-30 and Nov. 12-14. While the session had served as a battleground between former Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner and Democrats in the General...
Oakton Community College and YMCA Evanston/North Shore will host the continuing education workshop "A Lethal Relationship: Gun Violence and Domestic Violence" from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 20, at the Oakton's Des Plaines campus, 1600 E. Golf Road (Rooms 1604-1610). Professionals in the areas of criminal justice, law enforcement, public health and safety, human services, mental health, legislative and advocacy are encouraged to attend the event sponsored by Oakton and...
Amid an ongoing flurry of federal investigative activity pertaining to state government, a bipartisan group of lawmakers called for the creation of a task force to recommend greater ethical safeguards during a Statehouse news conference Monday. “We’re not here to be the judge and the jury at all, we are here to start a conversation,” Rep. Tony McCombie, a Savanna Republican, said. “… We need the people who put us in office to be able to rely on us and trust us, and today, they can’t do that.” McCombie is sponsoring Ho...