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The Majority Report 10/26/20 - What happened last week?

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Category: Majority Report
Monday, October 26, 2020 06:46 PM
  • Manar
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  • Domestic Violence
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  • COVID-19
  • Broadband Expansion
  • Deanna Demuzio

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Munoz announces second round of broadband expansion grant applications

CHICAGO — Applications for a second round of grants to expand broadband in underserved communities was recently announced, and State Senator Tony Munoz (D-Chicago) is encouraging any group eligible to apply.

“Lack of quality broadband access continues to severely affect families across the state,” Munoz said. “People depend on vital services to keep them connected by virtual means during the COVID-19 pandemic, such as e-learning, telehealth care services and connecting with family and friends.”

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Deanna Demuzio

Harmon: Deanna Demuzio dedicated her life to community and public service

SPRINGFIELD — Illinois Senate President Don Harmon issued the following statement on the passing of former state senator Deanna Demuzio:

“Deanna Demuzio dedicated her life to community and public service. Along the way, she made great friends and taught us all so much about how to be better. She fought hard to improve our education system after years spent working at Lewis and Clark Community College and to fight for better health care given how it affected her family. She took up all of this after tragically losing another great friend of Illinois, her husband, Senator Vince Demuzio.”

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Child abuse prevention

Manar meets with children's advocacy group to address downstate child abuse issues

SPRINGFIELD — To discuss further steps to assist survivors of child abuse in the Springfield area and throughout downstate, State Senator Andy Manar (D-Bunker Hill) met with Sangamon County Children’s Advocacy Center employees and Children’s Advocacy Centers of Illinois advocates Thursday.

During last spring’s budget negotiations, Manar, who chairs the Senate Appropriations II Committee, fought to ensure that Children’s Advocacy Centers received the funding they need to continue providing crucial treatment services.

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Sen. Majority Leader Kimberly A. Lightford

Black Caucus committee round up for week of Oct. 19

SPRINGFIELD — The Illinois Legislative Black Caucus held a number of hearings throughout the week to dive further into racial disparities across all sectors of life and to continue to build upon its four-pillar legislative agenda to eliminate systemic racism ahead of the fall veto session.

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MEMBERS IN THE NEWS

Senators Iris Martinez and Omar Aquino, Chicago: Get your flu shot, free household supplies at Belmont Cragin Health and Wellness Fair | Block Club Chicago

Senator Julie Morrison, Lake Forest: Lawmakers hear mixed reviews of new foster care health system | Northwest Herald

Senator Heather Steans, Chicago: New curriculum brings LGBTQ history into the light | WGLT


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  4. The Majority Report 09/14/20 - Expanded job training, the need to fill out the census and funding for the opioid crisis

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