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SENATE WEEK IN REVIEW MARCH 1- 5 |
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MT. VERNON, IL - Legislative committees met continuously during the week as Senate lawmakers attempted to move all Senate bills out of committee by the scheduled March 5 deadline, said State Sen. John O. Jones (R- Mt. Vernon).
The Senate Executive Committee considered legislation that would require a photo of any prisoner who received early release to be posted online, while additional measures would increase the speed limit for cars and trucks to 70 mph on rural interstates and allow $300 million in short-term borrowing for health care providers.
Following reported problems and abuses related to Gov. Pat Quinn’s “MGT Push” inmate early release program, Senate Bill 3411 was introduced to make public identifying information and a photograph of any inmate who is released earlier than was delineated in their initial sentence. The information would not only include the inmate’s name and age, but also his or her physical attributes, address, the offense that was committed and the county where the conviction took place.
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SOUTHERN ILLINOIS LAWMAKERS WANT BUDGET PRIORITIZATION |
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MT. VERNON, IL – Three southern Illinois lawmakers conducted a conference call with local media to highlight some of the systematic pr oblems that only exacerbate the state’s record structural deficit and mounting long-term debt. State Sen. John O. Jones (R-Mt. Vernon) and State Reps. John Cavaletto (R-Salem) and David Reis (R-Ste.Marie) stressed the need for prioritization to solve Illinois’ problems.
“Potentially hundreds of non-essential jobs are being filled at agencies like the Department of Natural Resources and Department of Transportation. We are not talking about road engineers to implement the capital program, prison guards or even case workers,” Jones said. “What we are talking about are $35,000 raises for assistant agency directors or legislative liaisons. How does this look to the 13,000 teachers that could be laid off as a result of a failure to prioritize?”
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JONES MEETS WITH INSURANCE PROVIDERS |
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SPRINGFIELD, IL – Representatives from several area insurance agencies were at the Capitol on Feb. 23 for the annual Insurance Industry Legislative Day.
Pictured left to right are: Sharon Flota and Marian Keifer of Jefferson County Mutual Insurance in Mt. Vernon; State Sen. John O. Jones (R-Mt. Vernon); Rick Etheridge of United Mutual Insurance in Albion; Robert White of the Bob White Insurance Agency in Mt. Vernon; Mike Beard of the Insurance Store in Mt. Vernon and Jason Cass of JDC Insurance in Centralia.
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