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Pritzker urges Ill. Senate to addressPrisoner Review Board appointments - Beth HundsdorferCapitol News IllinoisSPRINGFIELD — Max Cerda was convicted of a double murder when he was 16 years old.Cerda received parole in 1998. He was 35 years old when he was released and began working with ex-offenders in Chicago to help them...

GOP senator cries foul, says board members have been serving without confirmation

Gov. J.B. Pritzker yanked the appointment of two appointees to the Illinois Prisoner Review Board Tuesday, the same morning a Senate committee was scheduled to consider them.

GOP senator cries foul, says board members have been serving without confirmation

By BETH HUNDSDORFER Capitol News Illinois bhundsdorfer@capitolnewsillinois.com SPRINGFIELD – Gov. JB Pritzker yanked the appointment of two...

SPRINGFIELD – Nominees of Gov. JB Pritzker hold 10 of 14 seats on the Prisoner Review Board while the Senate stalls on their confirmation.

SPRINGFIELD – State Sen. Jason Plummer (R-Vandalia) urges Illinoisans to speak out against “left-wing policies that allow violent criminals to roam free.”

By Benjamin Cox on May 27, 2021 at 6:44am State Senator Steve McClure says that Senate Republicans are pushing the issue on confirmation hearings for Governor J.B. Pritzker’s Illinois Prison Review Board appointments. McClure says that he and his Republican colleagues on the Senate Appointments Committee have made a point to bring up the issue every day during session this month: “On the floor, in committee, at press conferences – we are trying to get the word out there b...