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State lawmakers are starting to move on the remap. Democratic caucus members are looking at their individual districts and regions and discussing how boundary lines could look like based on early census numbers.
ELDORADO (WSIL) -Egyptian Health Department now has a program for first time mothers called the Nurse Family Partnership. Nurse Family Partnership is a home visiting program specifically for first time pregnant moms, that starts early in the pregnancy and continues until the child turns two years old, said Nurse Supervisor Alyssa Oglesby.
The program is already in 41 states, and is now in southern Illinois due to funding from the Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority. So we see moms who get their own free personal nurse to help guide them through their pregnancy, said Oglesby.
The nurses provide information on whatever moms want to learn about with topics including labor and delivery, breastfeeding support, and parenting skills.
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PEOPLE UNDERESTIMATE AMOUNT OF SUPPORT FOR VACCINES AND MASK MANDATES, BOOTH FINDS: Businesses are underestimating the public s desire for stricter public health measures, according to a new study from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business that suggests that more restrictions may actually boost a company s bottom line.
In an experiment conducted by behavioral marketing professionals Oleg Urminsky and Abigail Bergman, 77 percent of participants surveyed said they d prefer to go to a hospital that required employee vaccinations over one that only recommended them. However, participants also underestimated how many people had the same preference, estimating that only 64 percent of the public would choose a hospital that requires employees vaccinations.
SPRINGFIELD â Republicans in the General Assembly have introduced a new bill that would hand over the process of drawing new legislative and congressional district maps to an independent commission that would be required to use official Census Bureau, rather than survey estimates, to draw the maps.
The latest bill, introduced Tuesday as an amendment to Senate Bill 1325, mirrors a proposed constitutional amendment that was introduced in 2019. That proposal, which had 37 cosponsors, died in the 101st General Assembly without receiving a hearing.
Every 10 years, states redraw their legislative and congressional district maps to align with the most recent decennial census. That process is being complicated this year, as the census data needed to complete those tasks has been delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic and other factors.
Marijuana sales generating millions in tax dollars for social programs in Illinois
Marijuana sales generating millions in tax dollars for social programs in Illinois
A little more than a year after recreational marijuana became legal in Illinois, sales are smoking. But where does that money go?
CHICAGO - A little more than a year after
recreational marijuana became legal in Illinois, sales are smoking. But where does that money go?
Last year’s
$235 million in new state taxes. Under the law legalizing marijuana, 35 percent goes into the state’s General Revenue fund to pay for things like education, public safety and pensions.