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Windhorst on compassionate release act: 'I wish there were more safeguards'
Rep. Patrick Windhorst (R-Harrisburg) had questions about The Joe Coleman Medical Release Act, a measure that would allow the early release of terminally ill or medically incapacitated inmates.
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Jacobs: 'As long as partisans are drawing the maps the maps will be partisan'
Discussions about redistricting are underway in Illinois, and there are a few individuals who aren’t happy with the way things are going.
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Windhorst bill would ease return of retired teachers to fill shortages
Republican state Rep. Patrick Windhorst (R-Harrisburg) has introduced a bill that would allow retired Illinois teachers to return to the classroom in subject shortage areas without interfering with their retirement status or retirement annuity.
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Jacobs: 'Part of the reason we are so divided is due to the radicalism being taught in our schools'
In the wake of a video recently made public of a Chicago Public Schools teacher administering a test to students asking them to apologize for the color of their skin, newly-elected Republican state Rep. Paul Jacobs thinks too many educators have lost their way.
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Windhorst: 'Protecting the integrity of our elections is also a top priority for me'
Veteran state Rep. Patrick Windhorst (R-Metropolis) is set to serve on at least five different House committees during his second term in Springfield.
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Jacobs reveals committee assignments
State Rep. Paul Jacobs announced via virtual meeting his committee assignments for the 102nd Illinois General Assembly.
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Jacobs: Incentives are assistance, not loopholes
Following Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s 2021 Budget Address, 115th District State Rep. Paul Jacobs (R-Pomona) asked for a real balanced budget plan.
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Century High School receives $1,000 grant for pollinator garden
Brent Miller, a Century High School teacher, recently received attention from state Rep. Patrick Windhorst (R-Metropolis) after being awarded an Illinois Schoolyard Habitat Action Grant.
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'Unacceptable': says 3 state legislators find Gov. Pritzker's COVID-19 mitigations inequitable
Following an executive order by Gov. JB Pritzker to close down businesses in a Republican-dominant region, three Illinois House Republicans censured the move as partisan and based on poor science.