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Mascot hunting season in Springfield

Mascot hunting season in Springfield By Roger Eddy Spring break has come and gone for the 2021 spring session of the Illinois General Assembly. As the march toward adjournment heats up, this is a great time for you to get involved. Nothing stirs emotion and interest like a proposal to potentially reorganize or in some way consolidate school districts in Illinois. HB7 is just such a bill. It was filed on Jan. 13, 2021, and carries the title of “School District Efficiency Commission.” This measure passed out of a House Committee prior to the spring break, and recently a couple of amendments were filed to change the original version of the bill.

Columnist Roger Eddy: It is time to get in the game

Columnist Roger Eddy: It is time to “get in the game” Star Courier Now that the spring session of the Illinois General Assembly is underway and there have been literally thousands of proposals filed for consideration in the House and Senate, it is time to begin following bills that interest you and let your voice be heard. It is time to get in the game.   The Illinois Senate and House are both not scheduled to meet again until April 13. Besides a few subject matter hearings and other meetings taking place attempting to gain agreement on issues, it is spring break for senators and representatives. The deadline has passed in the House for substantive House bills to be passed out of committees. The deadline in the Senate for bills to pass from committees to the Senate floor is April 16.  

JCAR and you: How a rule becomes a law in Illinois

JCAR and you: How a rule becomes a law in Illinois By Roger Eddy Beginning on Jan. 1, 1978, an important process became law that very few people know about and even fewer people understand. But the Illinois Administrative Procurement Act affects your everyday life in a very real way, especially lately. It subjects you to rules written by unelected officials that eventually are acted upon by a small group of elected officials called the Joint Committee on Administrative rules, or JCAR. It’s processes, however, were not included in the “Schoolhouse Rock” version of “How a Bill Becomes a Law.” The act defines the authority and establishes a process by which state agencies in Illinois make rules to implement the intent of laws passed by the General Assembly. There are dozens of state agencies, board and commissions in Illinois, many of which hover over our everyday lives. Examples include the Illinois Departments of Public Health, Revenue, Corrections, Agriculture, Child

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