Rep. Jackie Haas (R-Bourbonnais) voted to give noncitizens a path to become Illinois police officers, siding with a majority of state lawmakers in a recent action that one Republican senator called “a fundamentally bad idea.”
There were six offenders convicted of property crimes living in Kankakee County released on parole during the first quarter of 2023, according to Illinois Department of Corrections data obtained by the Kankakee Times.
There was one offender convicted of a crime involving one or more weapons living in Iroquois County released on parole during the first quarter of 2023, according to Illinois Department of Corrections data obtained by the Kankakee Times.
Illinois state Rep. Jason Bunting (R-Emington) has called for better economic policies after the Prairie State ranked among the worst states for economic health.