Speaker Michael Madigan Calls For Removal Of Stephen Douglas Portrait, Statue From Illinois State Capitol
"Memorializing people and a time that allowed slavery and fostered bigotry and oppression has no place in the Illinois House," Madigan said.
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"Memorializing people and a time that allowed slavery and fostered bigotry and oppression has no place in the Illinois House," Madigan said.
"Now is a time to consider the foundational role trust plays in our democracy, and what it will take to build the trust we'll need to recover and to advance as a country."
Duckworth sent a new letter to Defense Secretary Mark Esper on Thursday voicing her frustration with the information provided by the Pentagon to date.
"This crisis truly does afford us a once-in-a-generation opportunity to really rethink and remake the landscape of Chicago," the mayor said.
"In the midst of a global pandemic states were forced to play some sort of sick "Hunger Games" game show to save the lives of our people. Let me be clear, this is not a reality TV show. There are real things that are happening in the United States."
"I don't put much weight into what President Trump says, particularly given his lack of leadership over the course of this pandemic, but making those kinds of decisions has to lie with the local school district," Mayor Lightfoot said.
"Does @TuckerCarlson want to walk a mile in my legs and then tell me whether or not I love America?" Duckworth wrote on Twitter.
Ald. Brian Hopkins (2nd) said some pet stores circumvented the ban on selling animals from large-scale for-profit breeders by setting up fake non-profits as front organizations posing as rescue groups.
Effective at 12:01 a.m. Monday, Chicago's travel quarantine order was set to begin for those coming from states with coronavirus surges.
Illinois Republicans wanted relief from Gov. JB Pritzker's coronavirus rule, which capped the number of people allowed at political rallies at 50.
"This order is another important measure in helping us further contain the spread of COVID-19 in Chicago."
A downstate judge on Thursday declared Gov. JB Pritzker's stay-at-home orders void.
A lengthy debate on the value of police officers in schools came as an ordinance to remove them has been at least temporarily bottled up in committee.
"The current state of our nation demands that we sacrifice the benefits of in-person interactions for the greater good," U.S. District Judge Sara Ellis ruled.
