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After controversy in Quincy, advocates question whether Illinois should require judges to undergo...
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 6 months agoOver the years, Carrie Ward’s organization, the Illinois Coalition Against Sexual Assault, has...
Daywatch: Should Illinois make judges undergo training on sexual assault cases?
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 6 months agoGood morning, Chicago. Over the years, Carrie Ward’s organization, the Illinois Coalition Against...
Sexual assault survivor returns to Penn State 46 years later to discuss rape culture
State College Centre Daily Times via Yahoo News· 4 months agoFor 45 years, she avoided Happy Valley — and the memories that accompanied her sexual assault there....
Illinois lawmakers pass bill to expand reporting of sexual abuse in health care settings following...
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 1 week agoCHICAGO — The Illinois legislature has passed a bill that would require more health care facilities...
After federal cuts, Illinois rape crisis centers ask state for help: ‘It’s essential that services...
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 2 months agoThe burnout that has hit so many in her line of work came for Phyllis Lubel last fall. She had just...
Mariska Hargitay reveals in powerful essay she was raped in her 30s, talks 'reckoning'
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 5 months agoMariska Hargitay is sharing publicly for the first time the full scope of her own experience of...
READ: The Illinois Fiscal Year 2025 Budget
WCIA Champaign via Yahoo News· 2 weeks agoSPRINGFIELD, Ill. (NEXSTAR) – Illinois Senate President Don Harmon (D-Oak Park) and Illinois Speaker of the House Chris Welch (D-Westchester) have come...
Legislature passes bill allowing all-gender multi-occupancy restrooms
The State Journal-Register via Yahoo News· 1 year agoFollowing heated debate on the Senate and House floors this week, a bill allowing businesses to...
Illinois General Assembly approves criminal sentencing reforms for minors
Belleville News-Democrat via Yahoo News· 1 year ago“We’re giving the courts extra opportunities to check and see: Was this victim brought into this...
Capitol Connection: Rape crisis centers in dire need of life raft from the state
WCIA Champaign via Yahoo News· 1 month agoSPRINGFIELD, Ill. (NEXSTAR) — Rape crisis centers across the state say they are in desperate need of...