As the new year starts, a number of new laws take effect. Nearly 300 laws will officially be on the books Jan. 1 – from one that gives students excused mental health days, to another that ensures pharmacies are being up front about their prices. The Senate Democratic Caucus outlined 10 of the most interesting laws that will affect Illinoisans in all corners of the state. Those include:
New year, new laws taking effect
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Pell Grant Increases Denied to Students at Career Colleges Under Build Back Better Bill
(TriceEdneyWire.com) – A recent increase in the Pell Grant awarded to low-income college students who need financial help paying for their tuition or other educational needs will not be going to the nearly one million students who choose career and proprietary schools. That’s because the Build Back Better bill that passed the House in late November, by a vote of 220-213, mostly along party lines, has a one-line provision tucked away on page 76 of the 2,135-page bill that excludes underserved college students who choose career or proprietary colleges for their academic studies from the $550 increase in Pell benefits. “We need to do more to bring accountability to all sectors of higher education; however, punishing students does not accomplish that objective. Any accountability rules should be focused on institutions, not students,” said a letter signed by 13 Democrats encouraging a change in the bill that would allow the additional students to receive the increase. “Financial aid professionals agree this is not the right policy approach.”
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Joliet East High School alumni honored
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On January 14, the Joliet Central High School Boys & Girls Varsity Basketball Teams will honor Joliet East High School alumni during a doubleheader v. West Aurora. The Varsity Girls play at 5 pm with the Varsity Boys game following at 6:30 p.m. Come see our Steelmen in action as they compete in Joliet East jerseys to represent the Kingsmen pride.
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IN MEMORIAM: ‘Godfather of Hip-Hop Journalism’ Greg Tate Dies at 64
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “This hurts,” radio host and music journalist Errol Nazareth exclaimed on Twitter. “I worshipped his writing. His book, ‘Flyboy in The Buttermilk,’ hugely impacted how I approached writing about music. And ‘Everything but the Burden: What White People Are Taking from Black Culture’ is essential,” Nazareth wrote.
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White House Announces the National Action Plan to Combat Human Trafficking
NNPA NEWSWIRE — The updated National Action Plan to Combat Human Trafficking responds to this predatory behavior by addressing the needs of underserved individuals, families, and communities. As such, officials said it reflects the administration’s commitments to gender and racial equity by taking action against the systemic injustices that communities experience, including underserved populations.
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U.S. Supreme Court Asked to Flip Decision and Put Bill Cosby Back in Jail
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “Unwilling to accept its epic loss in the Pennsylvania Supreme Court, the Montgomery County District Attorney has now filed a Petition for a Writ of Certiorari to the United States Supreme Court. In short, the Montgomery County D.A. asks the United States Supreme Court to throw the Constitution out the window, as it did, to satisfy the #metoo mob,” Cosby’s spokesman Andrew Wyatt said in reaction on November 29.
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First Anti-Critical Race Theory Complaint in Tennessee Targets Martin Luther King, Jr. Book
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Though “critical race theory” is a part of college level curriculum at law schools, the term has become a wide-ranging catch all in conservative circles. Many have loosely defined to mean any curriculum that includes efforts towards greater diversity and equity as well as discussions about how exclusion and bigotry has played a role in the shaping of American history and present-day events.
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Virginia Police Officer Who Shot Donovon Lynch Will Not Be Charged
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Over the last ten years there have been several deaths in police custody shootings that have gained national attention. Most of them have involved video footage. They include the police shootings of Eric Garner, George Floyd, Michael Brown, Breonna Taylor, Tamir Rice, Philando Castille and Walter Scott.
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PRESS ROOM: First Six of One Hundred and Seventy-Five Students on the Ladder to Leadership
NNPA NEWSWIRE — The Foundation awards each participating school at least one $5,600 housing grant per academic semester to address lack of diversity in the intern population and structural inequity of housing costs by getting next generation leaders to the resource ladder in Washington— and then, getting them up on it. In addition to the housing grant, the Center assists in placing the participating students in an internship and connects them with a local alumni mentor.
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COMMENTARY: Reparations Rising with Robin Rue Simmons
NNPA NEWSWIRE — With a Senate dominated by conservative Democrats and obstructionist Republicans, when HR 40 passes in Congress, it is unlikely to pass in the Senate. However, it is essential to acknowledge the enormous progress the reparations movement has experienced since Conyers first introduced HR 40.
