Representative Buckner News Today

This system is not a good system. >> i want to bring you in and one second. i want to listen first to the illinois representative buckner and their view of this. >> we are finally creating a system that was based on justice we are finally creating a system based on what you did not what you have. >> that is what supporters of ending cash bail say its about social justice. >> i dont agree with that because most americans struggle to make ends meet. this is not about rich versus poor. most people ...

/PRNewswire/ -- Cook County Treasurer Maria Pappas, who issued two studies last year that found gross inequities in the states property tax code, spearheaded...

Cook County Treasurer Maria Pappas, who issued two studies last year that found gross inequities in the state’s property tax code, spearheaded the passage of

ILLINOIS, May 18 - Chicago-- Governor JB Pritzker signed HB4383 into law, banning the sale and possession  of so-called ‘ghost guns statewide. ‘Ghost guns

The General Assembly returned to the State Capitol for Legislative Day 19 on Twos-day with multiple measures up for consideration in each chamber. The House approved a number of health-related propositions, including a bill to allow hospitals to offer flu vaccines.

The General Assembly returned to the State Capitol for Legislative Day 19 on Twos-day (2/22/22) with multiple measures up for consideration in each chamber. The House approved a number...

Thursday marked the halfway point to Crossover Day, and members of the House Appropriations Committee got to work early approving their version of the Amended FY23 Budget.

Thursday marked the halfway point to Crossover Day, and members of the House Appropriations Committee got to work early approving their version of the Amended FY23 Budget.

As the newly elected Senate Chair of the Illinois Legislative Black Caucus (ILBC), State Sen. Robert Peters (D-13th) says he is looking forward to pushing forward the group’s program in the new year while dealing with a potentially painful budget crisis.  “I think my number one priority is just to be helpful to everyone in the caucus and try to be sort of a lead organizer within the caucus,” he said in an interview with the Herald. “Legislatively, it’s playing the be...

As the newly elected Senate Chair of the Illinois Legislative Black Caucus (ILBC), State Sen. Robert Peters (D-13th) says he is looking forward to pushing forward the group’s program in the new year while dealing with a potentially painful budget crisis.  “I think my number one priority is just to be helpful to everyone in the caucus and try to be sort of a lead organizer within the caucus,” he said in an interview with the Herald. “Legislatively, it’s playing the be...