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Systems that produce panhandlers are suspect?
Interesting. I’m wondering what this decision means for local ordinances of the same.
- Three Dimensional Checkers - Friday, Jan 22, 21 @ 2:54 pm:
The law should be rewritten to prohibit harassing panhandlers. I once had someone follow me between two train cars and corner me begging for money.
- don the legend - Friday, Jan 22, 21 @ 2:54 pm:
Watch for an over reaction her in Illinois with the filing of a stand your ground law.
===what this decision means for===
Um, they’re done.
Jim Gardiner won’t like this.
It’s easier for governments to ban begging than it is to address the root causes of poverty. I see people standing at highway exit ramps and intersections holding signs every where and every day. We have a major poverty problem in this country and we can’t sweep it away into the shadows. It’s real,
Stacey holds Simba and stands next to a portable wash station; March 15, 2020 LLOYD DEGRANE After what some say was an unprecedented pattern of violence against people experiencing homelessness in Chicago last year, activists are calling on the city to better investigate these crimes and to do more for the victims. Homeless encampments in Avondale burned to the ground repeatedly last year, and residents told police they believed their belongings were intentionally torched; but fire and police officials blamed the fires on encampment residents themselves. Law enforcement’s reaction shows an unwillingness by the city to take crimes against unhoused people seriously and is part of a larger pattern of scapegoating unhoused people for violence inflicted against them, says Diane O’Connell, a community lawyer
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The 35th annual Women in Focus Dream Ball scholarship fundraiser will take place virtually on Jan. 16 at wbf.cbo.io.
This annual event hosted by Women in Focus helps raise money for the all-volunteer organization s scholarship fund, which has been helping Dane County students of color attend college since 1986. This year there is no admission charge as the Dream Ball transitions to a virtual program, with funds raised via a silent auction (with bidding open now) and donations. The livestream also features guest speakers Naman Siad (a 2011 scholarship recipient) and Carlton Jenkins (Madison schools superintendent), entertainment by East High School graduates Thaddeus McCants and Tilly Evans-Krueger, DJ Drew Masters, and more. Register here to participate.
Heartland Alliance: Historic legislation to prevent predatory loans passing Illinois House
Heartland Alliance: Historic legislation to prevent predatory loans passing Illinois House
SPRINGFIELD, Ill., Jan. 12, 2021 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ The Illinois House of Representatives passed the Predatory Loan Prevention Act, which if passed by the Senate, would implement a 36 percent interest rate cap on consumer loans, including payday and car title loans. The legislation passed with a bipartisan vote, without a single member voting no. It is part of an omnibus economic equity bill, one of the Illinois Legislative Black Caucus four pillars, sponsored by Rep. Sonya Harper.
In Illinois, the average annual percentage rate (APR) on a payday loan is 297 percent, and the average APR on an auto title loan is 179 percent. Federal law already protects active-duty military with a 36 percent APR cap. This bill would extend the same protection to Illinois veterans and all other consumers. Seventeen st