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State Rep. Marcus Evans, the sponsor of the amendment, said it would not change existing Illinois law but "make permanent" the rights workers already have. But state Rep. Deanne Mazzochi, R-Elmhurst, called the language of the amendment "problematic," saying that the actual meaning of the provision might be left up to the Illinois Supreme Court.
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For the first time in Chicago’s history, voters would get a say in who runs the city’s school board under two competing proposals now before the state Legislature.
One calls for a fully elected Board of Education, and the other for a “hybrid” model splitting the school board into some elected members with the majority still appointed by the mayor.
In an interview with The Daily Line’s “CloutCast” podcast, the state senator sponsoring the fully elected school board plan addressed his opponents by pointing to referendums, surveys and previous House floor votes showing overwhelming support of a fully elected board.
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An elected school board in Chicago and expanding fertility treatment coverage to include same-sex couples and women over 35 were among the measures that advanced in the General Assembly Wednesday, the second day legislators met in Springfield and virtually for session.
House members voted in favor of legislation that would amend the state’s insurance code to provide coverage for the “diagnosis and treatment of infertility … without discrimination on the basis of age, ancestry, color, disability, domestic partner status, gender, gender expression, gender identity,” according to the language of the bill.
State Rep. Margaret Croke, D-Chicago, the lead sponsor of the bill, said it’s “about equal access to coverage and will make Illinois insurance far more inclusive.