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Pritzker signs bills expanding access to mental health care Starting Jan. 1, most insurance companies in Illinois will be required to provide clients with timely and proximate access to mental health and substance abuse treatment. Getty images   Updated 7/26/2021 5:26 PM SPRINGFIELD -- Illinois residents will soon have greater access to mental health services under measures Gov. J.B. Pritzker signed into law Friday. Starting Jan. 1, most insurance companies doing business in Illinois will be required to provide their beneficiaries with timely and proximate access to treatment f...

The historic Adlai E. Stevenson Home in Mettawa likely has been saved from demolition after last-minute action by Lake County's state legislators.

Bill Excuses Students Up To 5 Days A Year For Religious Reasons Patch 2 hrs ago Jonah Meadows © Jenna Fisher/Patch House Bill 169 would remove the requirement in the Illinois School Code for school boards to produce a list of mandatory religious holidays. SKOKIE, IL — A proposed change to the Illinois School Code would excuse students from being absent from school for up to five days a year for religious reasons. The legislation, House Bill 169, is an initiative of the Northern Illinois Muslim American Alliance. Last month, it passed the Illinois House by a vote of 108-...

- Too cute by half - Thursday, Feb 4, 21 @ 11:47 am: Am I the only one who thinks the process isn’t that hard? You go to the website, enter your name and date of birth, check off a few boxes, then hit submit and for the inevitable heat death of the universe. Didech - just stop talking. You aren’t helping yourself and it’s an embarrassing look. No Daniel, it really is about you jumping the line. You can work with masks and hand sanitizer like everyone else has been doing for almost a year. You don’t need all those staffers either, you can fetch your own coffee and papers off the print...

Chapa LaVia out as director of Illinois veterans affairs amid virus spread at facilities Linda Chapa LaVia Updated 1/11/2021 4:33 PM Amid criticism from veterans advocates and others over her handling of COVID-19 in state-run homes, Aurora resident and former state Rep. Linda Chapa LaVia resigned Monday as director of Illinois Department of Veterans' Affairs. Chapa LaVia offered no explanation for her decision, but it comes during an ongoing inquiry into the spread of the coronavirus at veterans facilities and calls for her to resign or be fired.   Among the leading concerns was ...