State Rep. Kevin Schmidt has criticized the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS) following a report that accuses the agency of “willfully and wrongly” leaving dozens of children locked away in juvenile jails.
Illinois State Rep. Martin McLaughlin (R-Barrington Hills) recently expressed his disappointment with unemployment figures that show Illinois ranked next to last in the United States only outperforming Nevada.
Illinois is one of eight states to still have COVID-19 disaster declarations in place nearly three years after the pandemic started. That will change in May.
There are four inmates sentenced to jail in Lake County set to be released from the custody of the Illinois Department of Corrections during the week ending Jan. 4.