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According to officials, the Decatur Fire Department has installed more than 1,000 alarms across 602 households, helping protect 1,318 residents since joining the program. #alarms #firesafety #decatur

The law requires schools to administer yearly mental health checks for students in grades 3 through 12 without first obtaining affirmative parental permission. #mentalhealth #students

“Cronus Chemicals’ state-of-the-art facility in Tuscola will create more than 130 full-time jobs, serve as an anchor for the agricultural industry of tomorrow, and spur investment across the Illinois economy.” #jobs

Freedom Reads also facilitated book discussions, voting, and author events for the second annual Inside Literary Prize at Decatur and Western Correctional Centers. #library

House Bill 5875 makes it a Class 4 felony for any person who is not a citizen of the United States to knowingly register to vote in an election including municipal elections and anyone who knowingly registers a person to vote who is not a citizen of the United States would also face a Class 4 felony charge. #election

Decatur has been named the seventh-worst place for African-Americans to live in the United States of America by USA Today. #decatur

The video of that reenactment was then used as a key piece of evidence in Logan’s 2021 conviction on first-degree murder charges... #illinoissupremecourt

"We need an open and transparent process and that is what a substantial number of elected Republican representatives are fighting to achieve." #senate