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Legislative Update: Legislature approves supplemental appropriations with pay boost for state employees
The Senate reconvened on Monday, February 20, 2023, while the House reconvened on Tuesday, February 21, 2023, for a shorter legislative week, following its observation of Presidents’ Day
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Bill of the week - Feb. 24, 2023
HCS HBs 994, 52 & 984 originally dealt with the definitions of “adult” and “child” as they relate to orders of protection. Committee and floor amendments expanded the bill to include the following provisions:
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Cason: ‘We have a duty to society to use our voices’
The year is 1835. The setting is Springfield, and the subject is Milly Sawyers. Sawyers is an enslaved person, forced to work for and obey another and is considered to be their property.