Patrolling the waters to stop DUI boating
Newswatch 16 s Courtney Harrison explains that officials will be on the lookout for anyone drinking and boating this holiday weekend. Author: Courtney Harrison Updated: 3:51 PM EDT June 29, 2021
Lake Wallenpaupack is always packed on a holiday weekend with boaters, jet skis, and other water activities. For some, a holiday weekend includes drinking alcohol.
The Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission says there were 60 boating-under-the-influence arrests in 2020, an increase from 45 in 2019.
This week from Friday, July 2 through Sunday, July 4, people will see an increased presence of waterways conservation officers who are taking part in Operation Dry Water.
Illinois voting rights: Democrats use power to make process easier
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New legislative maps for the Illinois House and Senate would unfairly deny minority voters and other citizens their ability to influence elections, Republican leaders in the General Assembly say in a federal lawsuit challenging the maps.
House Minority Leader Jim Durkin, R-Western Springs, and Senate Minority Leader Dan McConchie, R-Hawthorn Woods, filed the widely expected lawsuit Wednesday in Chicago with the Eastern Division of the U.S. District Court’s Northern District of Illinois.
If successful, leaders of Republicans in chambers where Democrats hold super-majorities could see a court transfer redistricting authority from the legislature to a bipartisan commission that would give Republicans a 50-50 chance of controlling the once-every-10-years remap process.