The Illinois Freedom Caucus today is issuing the following statement on the recent court ruling striking down the pre-trial release and cash bail provisions in the SAFE-T Act, which were set to become law on January 1st. The Illinois Constitution explicitly addresses bail in Article 1 Section 9. It is not the place of the Legislature to unilaterally act to change our Constitution. Simply passing a bill with a majority vote is not the way to make changes to our Constitution. We have a process to place amendments on the ballot to allow voters to decide any changes to our Constitution and the Legislature did not follow that process. The SAFE-T Act violates the Separation of Powers clause of the Constitution by stripping away important tools courts have to keep communities safe. It also violates the Victim Rights Act and makes unconstitutional changes to the bail provisions in Article 1 Section 9 of our Constitution. Fairfield Memorial Hospital honors an employee each month who has been no
The Illinois Critical Access Hospital Network recently recognized Fairfield Memorial Hospital for its ongoing commitment to exceptional quality of care, during a ceremony held November 10th during ICAHN's Annual Conference at the I-Hotel and Conference Center in Champaign, Illinois. As part of the Federal Office of Rural Health Policy Medicare Beneficiary Quality Improvement Program, Fairfield Memorial Hospital and other critical access hospitals were asked to voluntarily participate in four defined domains of quality outcomes. These four domains include: Patient Safety/Inpatient; Patient Engagement; Care Transitions; and Outpatient Measures. Fairfield Memorial Hospital was honored for being a top performer in all four domains. Fairfield Memorial Hospital was recognized for being in the top 10% of all critical access hospitals in the country for outpatient quality measures. The City of Albion is due to lose their local grocery store. In an announcement to all associates, Trevor Bo
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