Statewide Women’s Justice Task Force Announces the $1 Billion Proposition: A Groundbreaking Plan to Cut Women’s Prison Population by 50% and Beyond
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Accelerated by the unanticipated impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, Illinois is on track to become the first state in the nation to achieve such a reduction CHICAGO (PRWEB) April 28, 2021 Today, the Statewide Women’s Justice Task Force, organized by the Women’s Justice Institute (WJI) with funding from major philanthropic organizations, hosted an event to release an historic plan to reduce the number of women incarcerated in Illinois prisons by 50%+ and beyond to an audience of over 300 people.
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How about Will Davis?
“greased by the old white guys”
Not a lot of gray area in that comment.
It will definitely be a woman. Or a man. Most likely an African American, unless it’s someone else.
Guessing the next Speaker is going to be a tiring parlour game over the next few weeks.
Madigan will remain Speaker until a successor is “elected and qualified”.
“(25 ILCS 10/2) (from Ch. 63, par. 23.2) Sec. 2. The Speaker of the House and the President of the Senate, and the Chairman and members of the Senate Committee on Committees shall be considered as holding continuing offices until their respective successors are elected and qualified.”
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Good Monday morning, Illinois. Democracy takes center stage today as members of the Electoral College make the decision final almost anyway.
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The Illinois House Democratic Women’s Caucus is looking within its ranks to determine the next speaker of the House.