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A proposed bill that would enhance the prison sentence for impaired drivers who kill someone and injure others in Illinois has stalled.

(The Center Square) – Another try for Lindsey’s Law, an Illinois measure increasing penalties for drunk drivers that kill someone and injure others, will have to wait for the fall. In 2015, cosmetologist Lindsey Sharp o...

State Sen. Sue Rezin (R-Morris) joined four other Republican senators Monday taking aim at reducing fentanyl deaths, and protecting victims of domestic abuse, DUIs and childcare center threats.

(The Center Square) – Illinois lawmakers are looking to provide justice to victims of crimes like drug overdoses and domestic violence. Illinois Senate Republicans discussed six measures focused on reducing fentanyl dea...

Focus on legislation to combat the fentanyl epidemic, provide justice for victims of crime Springfield, IL-(Ef...

(The Center Square) – Illinois state Sen. Steve McClure, R-Springfield, has resumed his mission to require enhanced penalties for impaired drivers who kill someone and injure others. “Right now, the law allows a person ...

‘I stay up nights’: Afghans working for US worry about their future after Biden withdrawal announcement Khan’s family is under threat, he’s no longer going to his job site, and he’s swapping sleeping schedules with his pregnant wife to keep watch. That is the new reality sinking in for Afghans working for the United States in Afghanistan who may be Taliban targets once the US military withdraws. There are about 18,000 people who have applied for special immigrant visas to the US who a...

Afghans working for US worry about their future after Biden withdrawal announcement CNN 3 days ago By Priscilla Alvarez and Kylie Atwood, CNN © Joe Raedle/Getty Images A U.S. Marine (C) talks through his interpreter (L) to an Afghan man during a patrol on July 6, 2009 in Mian Poshteh, Afghanistan. Khans family is under threat, hes no longer going to his job site, and hes swapping sleeping schedules with his pregnant wife to keep watch. That is the new reality sinking in for...