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Reading letters from loved ones on a tablet, they said, was not the same as being able to hold the real thing. #mail #prison #corrections

The proposed changes are intended to address gaps that lawmakers say have put communities, crime victims, and first responders at risk since the SAFE-T Act took effect. #letter #safe-t

For decades, the Voting Rights Act has guided election authorities like the Cook County Clerk’s Office in our ongoing mission to protect and expand access to the ballot. #voting

In a letter dated Monday, July 28, lawyers from the U.S. Department of Justice’s Civil Rights Division also asked for a list of all the election officials in Illinois who were responsible for carrying out federally mandated efforts to keep state’s voter rolls accurate and up to date during a two-year period leading up to the November 2024 elections. #voter

Joined by Congressmen Sean Casten and Jesus “Chuy” Garcia, Lt. Gov. Juliana Stratton, former EPA Region 5 Administrator Debra Shore, and representatives from the ACLU of Illinois, Sierra Club of Illinois, American Federation of Government Employees Local 704 (AFGE) members gathered in Chicago’s Federal Plaza to speak out. #union

"My concerns regarding this action against Orland Park raised several questions which I highlighted in my letter to our state's comptroller. #letter