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By Peter Hancock Capitol News Illinois SPRINGFIELD—A House committee agreed Wednesday to continue working on a bill that aims to end the use of physical restraints and isolation as a way of controlling misbehaving students in public school classrooms. House Bill 219, sponsored by Rep. Jonathan Carroll, D-Northbrook, was introduced in response to a 2019 article by Pro Publica Illinois and the Chicago Tribune that documented the extent to which those practices are used in Illinois schools and t...

Capitol News Illinois SPRINGFIELD — A new survey of Illinois school districts shows most are continuing to have trouble filling open teaching positions with qualified teachers and even more are having difficulty hiring substitute teachers. It’s a problem that has existed in the state for many years and one that experts attribute to a variety of factors, such as low pay and the difficulty in attracting new teachers to work in certain parts of the state. The survey has been conducted each of ...

Credit Capitol News Illinois A new survey of Illinois school districts shows most are continuing to have trouble filling open teaching positions with qualified teachers and even more are having difficulty hiring substitute teachers. It’s a problem that has existed in the state for many years and one that experts attribute to a variety of factors, such as low pay and the difficulty in attracting new teachers to work in certain parts of the state. The survey has been conducted each of the past ...

Rep. Ozinga Named To Executive Board For House Republican Org. Patch 3/5/2021 Andrea Earnest © Shutterstock Executive Board members serve two-year terms, guiding the House Republican Organization in candidate recruitment, fundraising, and voter turnout operations, according to the release. MOKENA, IL — State Representative Tim Ozinga has been selected to the House Republican Organizations executive board for the 2022 campaign cycle, according to a release from Ozingas sta...

Bourne accepting student art FacebookTwitterEmail MORRISONVILLE — State Rep. Avery Bourne, R-Morrisonville, accepting entries for her annual Student Art Contest. Students throughout the 95th District — including all or part of Madison, Macoupin, Montgomery and Christian counties — can submit original, Illinois themed entries through mid-April. Submit any 2-D medium works on an 8.5-by-11-inch paper and include the title of the artwork, their name, grade and school on the back of their work...

Central Illinois lawmakers and interest groups gave mixed reaction to Gov. JB Pritzkers $41.58 billion budget proposal Wednesday, but Democrats and Republicans acknowledged the tough choices ahead because of the pandemic.  General Assembly Democrats expressed their support for Pritzkers proposal even while hoping for increases to fund state programs. Across the aisle, Republicans said the governors budget takes Illinois in the wrong direction as lawmakers work to rebuild the economy this spr...

GOP, Dems far apart

State budget leaner, still unbalanced by billions Darren Iozia, Journal-Courier FacebookTwitterEmail Gov. J.B. Pritzker gives a pre-recorded budget address Wednesday at the Illinois State Fairgrounds.Jerry Nowicki Gov. J.B. Pritzker gave his State of the State address on Wednesday, outlining a leaner $41.6 billion budget for 2022. “I began working on next year’s budget by taking executive action to make cuts this year that will have the least impact on services while preventing the need fo...

Riverbend lawmakers vary in views on Pritzker address Ron DeBrock, ronald.debrock@thetelegraph FacebookTwitterEmail In this still image taken from video, Gov. J.B. Pritzker presents a remote version of his annual State of the State and budget addresses from a pavilion at the Illinois State Fairgrounds Wednesday, Feb. 17, in Springfield. Local lawmakers’ appraisal of his address was split along party lines. SPRINGFIELD — Riverbend lawmakers are offering mixed assessments of Gov. J.B. Pritzk...

Central Illinois lawmakers offered their reactions to Gov. J.B. Pritzkers budget address Wednesday.