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Pritzker signs bills expanding access to mental health care Starting Jan. 1, most insurance companies in Illinois will be required to provide clients with timely and proximate access to mental health and substance abuse treatment. Getty images   Updated 7/26/2021 5:26 PM SPRINGFIELD -- Illinois residents will soon have greater access to mental health services under measures Gov. J.B. Pritzker signed into law Friday. Starting Jan. 1, most insurance companies doing business in Illi...

The historic Adlai E. Stevenson Home in Mettawa likely has been saved from demolition after last-minute action by Lake Countys state legislators.

Bill Excuses Students Up To 5 Days A Year For Religious Reasons Patch 2 hrs ago Jonah Meadows © Jenna Fisher/Patch House Bill 169 would remove the requirement in the Illinois School Code for school boards to produce a list of mandatory religious holidays. SKOKIE, IL — A proposed change to the Illinois School Code would excuse students from being absent from school for up to five days a year for religious reasons. The legislation, House Bill 169, is an initiative of the No...

- Too cute by half - Thursday, Feb 4, 21 @ 11:47 am: Am I the only one who thinks the process isn’t that hard? You go to the website, enter your name and date of birth, check off a few boxes, then hit submit and for the inevitable heat death of the universe. Didech - just stop talking. You aren’t helping yourself and it’s an embarrassing look. No Daniel, it really is about you jumping the line. You can work with masks and hand sanitizer like everyone else has been doing for almost a year...

Chapa LaVia out as director of Illinois veterans affairs amid virus spread at facilities Linda Chapa LaVia Updated 1/11/2021 4:33 PM Amid criticism from veterans advocates and others over her handling of COVID-19 in state-run homes, Aurora resident and former state Rep. Linda Chapa LaVia resigned Monday as director of Illinois Department of Veterans Affairs. Chapa LaVia offered no explanation for her decision, but it comes during an ongoing inquiry into the spread of the coronavirus...

She was never qualified to run this massive bureaucracy and quite a sensitive state agency (especially during this pandemic) which deals with service members’ lives. I recall when she lambasted then-Gov. Rauner’s VA director during the Legionnaires disease-related death hearings. Rauner was publicly criticized for his weak leadership on this issue and agency. Though these issues may predate her tenure, she is was in a lose-lose situation. I think DHS is running the investigation because th...

Updated 1/2/2021 6:44 PM State Rep. Dan Didech says hell introduce legislation to create guidelines regarding the display of the American flag. The proposal follows a letter sent to Gov. J.B. Pritzker from Vernon Hills Mayor Roger Byrne saying a state directive to fly the American flag at half-staff to honor those whove died in Illinois from COVID-19 has run its course.   Didech, a Buffalo Grove resident who represents the 59th District, says the legislation would be modeled after federal code...

why not an appropriation rule where those who vote against tax increases or budget bills mosy have their districts forfeit 40% of the benefit that would otherwise go to them A price should be paid by the people who vote in politicians that say no YET stand proud and tell their people about all the wonderful programs and finances heading their way? Huge sigh. This is as meaningful as the “cut waste and fraud” declarations on the other side of the aisle. Find me an honest-to-god example of ...