Majority Preference News Today

A new streetscape for Second Street in downtown Highland Park is on the horizon after the City Council showed a majority preference for a design concept. In 2022, the council approved exploring ways to improve the pedestrian environment along Second Street. Currently, the west side of the street has brick-paved sidewalks that are five-feet wider than the seven-foot, concrete sidewalks on the ...

Your reaction to that, and how do you think the momentum and the attention can be sustained long enough for the sheer democratic majority preference to manage to work its way into law? >> well, the progress in the senate to date is important. the fact that you had the universal background check provision voted successfully out of committee, the federal anti-trafficking gun statute proposal voted out of committee, even the assault weapons ban voted out of committee, even though that may be tabled...

Consideration of a bill, what is your reaction to that, and how do you think the momentum and the attention can be sustained long enough for the sheer democratic majority preference to manage to work its way into law? >> well, the progress in the senate to date is important. the fact that you had the universal background check provision voted successfully out of committee, the federal antitrafficking gun statute proposal voted out of committee, even the assault weapons ban voted out of committee...