Help Feed the Hungry
by: Briana Castro Lupe Cuellar and Manuela Chaves of the Two Rivers YMCA delegation are proposing a new hunger bill called “Feeding Illinois,” designed to feed low-income Americans and reduce the amount of food...
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Rewards For Producing Less Gas
by: Elizabeth Arias In Illinois, the two main causes of environmental destruction are non-renewable energy and irresponsible farming. The Illinois Environmental Council states that about 20% of Illinois rivers have been degraded and contaminated...
Terminally Ill Have Rights
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...
Roundup Kills Competition
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...
Jailbirds Steal the Right to Vote
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...
Shooting Down Vaccination Exemptions
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...
Going too Fast? It Pays to be Poor
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...
Bill Aims to Reduce Suicides
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,...
The Sound of Silence
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...
Justice Should be Truly Blind
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...
