Pritzker won’t sign birth equity bill if Senate strips out abortion coverage (Updated x3)
Tuesday, May 14, 2024 - Posted by Rich Miller * Background is here if you need it. Personal PAC’s Sarah Garza Resnick…
The bill is here. Resnick promised a “war” over this when I called her. I have calls and messages out to the Senate sponsor, Lakesia Collins, and the Senate President’s office. The House sponsor, Majority Leader Robyn Gabel, referred me to Senate President Don Harmon. * From the governor’s office…
* Coincidentally, this polling memo was sent out by the governor’s campaign today…
I’ve asked for toplines. …Adding… From Rep. Kelly Cassidy, who chairs the Dobbs working group…
…Adding… The Senate sponsor, Sen. Lakesia Collins (D-Chicago), told me she will not move the bill if it’s amended to strip out abortion coverage. Sen. Collins had sponsored an identical Senate bill, but couldn’t get more than a subject matter hearing in the Insurance Committee. Now, though, the insurance industry is neutral after negotiations she participated in, and she said she told Senate President Harmon that they’d reached a point where the bill needed to be called. Collins said Harmon told her that he “cares about the issue a lot,” but that there were still some issues with the bill. Asked what those were, Harmon told Collins it was the abortion coverage issue and he’d work on it. “And then I find out today that they stripped the whole piece around abortion out,” Collins said, adding that no members from her side of the aisle had ever approached her about the topic being a problem. “I don’t know where the pushback is coming from.” Collins said since the House was unlikely to pass an amended version and the governor won’t sign it, there’s no purpose in moving the bill forward. “You’re basically killing the bill,” she said. “This has been a long time coming,” she said of her bill. “There have been advocates fighting around this for a very long time who are looking forward to this bill passing. And it’s like, here we are fighting about something to me that’s just fundamental.” …Adding… Senate President Don Harmon…
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CTBA recommends increasing state support of evidence-based funding by $200 million per year (Updated)
Tuesday, May 14, 2024 - Posted by Rich Miller * Center for Tax and Budget Accountability…
Emphasis added. This is what Mayor Brandon Johnson, CPS and the CTU have been talking about with their mantra of how the state “owes” city schools $1.1 billion. * Meanwhile…
…Adding… CBS 2…
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This is my surprised face (Updated)
Tuesday, May 14, 2024 - Posted by Rich Miller * Background is here if you need it. But of course… ![]() I reached out to the AG’s office last night, but haven’t yet heard back. …Adding… From the AG’s office…
As noted in comments, full birthdates and street addresses have been partially removed.
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