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Delivery service rules, limits on governor's authority over unions advance Sen. Melinda Bush, a Grayslake Democrat, is sponsor of legislation to require third-party delivery services such as DoorDash and Uber Eats to have formal agreements with restaurants for whom they deliver before they can use their names, likenesses, menus or other intellectual property. Sen. Don DeWitte, a St. Charles Republican, is a co-sponsor of a bill to require nursing homes and other long-term care facilities to prevent social isolation among residents.   Updated 4/30/2021 3:28 PM SPRINGFIELD -- The...

From Facebook SPRINGFIELD — The Illinois House has passed a bill that would allow businesses to offer multi-occupancy restrooms inclusive to all genders, a measure that the bill’s sponsor said was designed to allow caregivers to help those who need assistance. But a Republican legislator cast the bill sent to the state Senate late Thursday as the first step in requiring special bathrooms to benefit transgender patrons, which he argued would be unsafe for others. The measure was backed by LGBTQ advocates, but state Rep. Katie Stuart, D-Edwardsville, said she was looking to the many busines...

POLITICO Get the Illinois Playbook newsletter Email Sign Up By signing up you agree to receive email newsletters or updates from POLITICO and you agree to our privacy policy and terms of service. You can unsubscribe at any time and you can contact us here. This sign-up form is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply. Presented by Uber Driver Stories TGIF, Illinois. It wasn’t tax day but April 15 still turned out to be crummy. Hoping for a peaceful weekend, friends. TOP TALKER Chicago is horrified about seeing the last moments of Adam Toledo, a slim bo...

DECATUR — The recent school board election was historic in a national sense. Banks is a Decatur native and graduate of Eisenhower High School, where she was active in student government, the Superintendent's Youth Advisory Council, and served on a committee to study the then-new uniform requirements in the high schools and make changes to the dress code in response to student requests. In a 2012 Herald & Review story about those uniform requirements, Banks said students must learn to speak up and make their voices heard and she's been making hers heard ever since. Banks was one of four c...

City in Illinois elects country’s first Black trans woman to a school board Muri Assunção A 25-year-old woman made history this week after becoming the country’s first Black openly transgender woman elected to a school board. On Tuesday Alana Banks became one of four new school board members in Decatur, a city in central Illinois, about 180 miles south of Chicago. Banks ran on policies that include a safe return to the classroom, the creation of a permanent e-learning option, sexual and mental health education, HIV/AIDS awareness, as well as a curriculum that includes LG...