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Lawsuit challenges Missouri voting aid restrictions

2 years 10 months ago
The lawsuit filed Wednesday targets a 1977 Missouri law that says people can only provide voting assistance to one other person per election unless they are election judges or immediate family members.
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Thursday Is 50th Anniversary: Title IX Was Felt At First Macoupin County Girls' Track and Field Meet

2 years 10 months ago
CARLINVILLE - Thursday marks the 50th anniversary of the passage of Title IX. The winds of change were quickly felt in Central Illinois. Just eleven months later, the first Macoupin County Girls Track Meet was held. Within a few years, girls’ track in the county, and across the state, would be joined by volleyball, basketball, and cross country, among others. It would be years before the girls’ meet reached equal footing with the boys’ meet. But at least, Macoupin County girls had a chance in athletics in 1973. That inaugural meet was held on May 9 at Carlinville and not surprisingly, it came and went with little fanfare. In Carlinville, the local Macoupin County Enquirer devoted a mere four paragraphs to the meet. The smallest school in the field, Palmyra Northwestern, took top honors with consistency in every discipline. Though the Wildcats captured only three individual crowns, they finished in the top-five in every event to finish with 55 points, ahead of

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Duckworth Statement on Bipartisan Proposal to Lower Cost of Insulin, Saving Lives and Money for Working Families  

2 years 10 months ago
WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) today issued the following statement in response to the new bipartisan proposal—the Improving Needed Safeguards for Users of Lifesaving Insulin Now (INSULIN) Act —to lower the cost of insulin for working families: “Every time I hear from an Illinoisan who is facing the unbearable decision of either paying for their—or their child’s—lifesaving prescription drugs or paying for rent, the same frustrating question comes to mind: how are we still allowing Big Pharma to have such a stranglehold on our country? “No American who relies on insulin should have to ration their medication to afford their bills. That’s why I was proud to help introduce earlier legislation that would cap out-of-pocket insulin costs at $35 per month, which has been included in the INSULIN Act . I’m proud to support this proposal and I hope we can move quickly to get this passed and to President

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Calhoun County Early Voting "Very Slow" So Far

2 years 10 months ago
HARDIN - Calhoun County Clerk Rita Hagen said mail-in and early voting “has been very slow in Calhoun” so far this election. While Hagen said voting “seems to be picking up this week,” the turnout for both early voting and voting by mail is down overall. However, Hagen said this isn’t unusual for a primary election in Calhoun County. “Primary Election voting is usually light in the county,” Hagen said. She also said voters “really don't like to declare their party affiliation,” causing further delays for the county and lowering turnout. Based on the numbers so far, a low turnout is expected in Calhoun County this Election Day on June 28. Polls will open for regular voting on June 28 at 6 a.m. and close at 7 p.m. For more information about polling places for Calhoun County, contact the Calhoun County Clerk’s Office at 618-576-9700, ext. 2.

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