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Social equity applicants for state licenses to sell cannabis gathered at a West Side restaurant Wednesday to urge Gov. J.B. Pritzker to quickly sign a recently passed bill authorizing a trio of new lotteries to divvy up pot shop permits.

The group of about two dozen hopeful marijuana merchants was joined by the sponsor of House Bill 1443, State Rep. LaShawn Ford (D-Chicago), and former state Sen. Toi Hutchinson, the governor’s top cannabis advisor.

The bill passed the Illinois House and Senate last week in bipartisan votes, and the governor said he was grateful to its sponsors and looked forward to signing it into law.

* Sun-Times…

When Lt. Gov. Juliana Stratton’s mom, Velma Wiggins, began to forget things, Stratton didn’t know the signs of Alzheimer’s, so as her mom’s chief caregiver, had no gauge for the changes soon afoot.

It wasn’t until she sent her mom to visit her aunt in Florida that someone put language to it.

“She lived with my family about 13 years, and we didn’t know she was developing dementia. We didn’t know what the signs were, what to look for. We lost her in 2016 to Alzheimer’s, and it wasn’t until three years prior to her death that she was diagnosed,” said Stratton, whose experience triggered a mission to help others caring for Alzheimer’s patients.

That mission culminated with pioneering legislation to improve the diagnosis of Alzheimer’s, passed in the final days of the legislative session, now on Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s desk.

* More…

* Illinois General Assembly spring session recap: Here’s a look at the legislation passed by state lawmakers

* Here’s a breakdown of 5 bills that are headed to Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker to be signed

* In latest twist, state lawmakers change election code to allow felon Roger Agpawa to serve as mayor of Markham

* What now with Route 53 extension land? State lawmakers create task force to decide

posted by Rich Miller
Thursday, Jun 3, 21 @ 12:36 pm

Comments

=legislation to improve the diagnosis of Alzheimer’s=

Related: https://tinyurl.com/New-Alzheimer-Drug

Comment by Steve Polite Thursday, Jun 3, 21 @ 1:20 pm
If I read the provision correctly- the law seems to apply only to someone elected in the April 2021 election. As that would be a law applicable to only one person doesn’t it run afoul of the special purpose prohibition proviso and thus be unconstitutional?

Comment by Sue Thursday, Jun 3, 21 @ 1:54 pm
In addition to help diagnosing it,the families need help dealing with it and navigating thru obstacles to care. Just like with mentally ill adults, families can’t require their elderly with dementia to get treatment or to go into assisted living, memory care or a nursing home. Nor do they really get help when they ask for it. You can tell the ER that you can’t care for them anymore… and they will turn around and tell you to take them home.

Comment by thoughts matter Thursday, Jun 3, 21 @ 2:08 pm