Category: Legislative

by: Benjamin Sebastian “Terminal illness brings a lot of sadness to families” Tiffany Cuevas says. The Senate sponsor for Bill R1-01, from Addison Trail High School, proposes a Voluntary Assisted Dying bill, which would...

by: Julia Koziatek Carterville High School delegates, Jalyn O’Brien and Ashley Woolard, are sponsoring a bill protecting the use of Roundup weed killer, in Illinois agriculture. Though the use of Roundup has recently been...

by: Kyra Nolen       American citizens older than 18 have the right, supplied by the Constitution, to participate in democracy by voting. Those incarcerated are denied this right. Avni Patel, a member of the Lake...

by: Thrinav Sathya This year, the Waubonsie Valley delegation is making waves by proposing a bill ending religious exemption from vaccination.  Zachary Overstreet, Senate Sponsor, said they wrote this bill because “We found the...

by: Kenzi Schmidt, Hailey Dick Julia Burke, David Surzykiewicz, and Liz Witek of the Lake Park delegation have joined together to write a bill focused on creating a fining system for speeding in Illinois that...

by: Lea Bartos Nowadays, teenagers deal with a lot of stress, whether it be because of school, friends, or family. This stress can turn into something a lot more complicated, like mental illnesses. However,...

by: Braden Fogerson Sponsors Kenzie Kirk and Maggie Reed of the Gateway Region are proposing a bill aiming to ban the use of emergency siren sounds on radio stations. These sounds resemble those of...

by: Kenzi Schmidt Implicit biases are a dark reality of the criminal justice system; they make it virtually impossible to have an impartial jury. Objective facts of a case should always speak louder than...

by: Joey Brant Alexandra Carrera and Avery Griffin presented their bill, which ensures that the “immigration and/or citizenship status of an official witness within a criminal investigation may not be revealed.” This bill will...