Nobody wants to think that human trafficking exists in their neighborhood, yet it does and it is increasing due to a rising demand and the use of online venues. The proposed legislation will work to provide assistance for victims, increase penalties for perpetrators and enhance inter agency collaboration between law enforcement and several types of social service programs. Overall, this Act is crucial in the crusade to combat the source of trafficking, increase awareness and protect the present and potential victims. We strongly recommend passage of this legislation.

When the 1 percent of the 1 percent have more of a voice than millions of Americans, we're no longer operating in a democracy.

I am starting this petition because there were protesters outside of my daughter's high school. They had literature with graphic and repulsive images of what were labeled as aborted fetuses which they tried to hand out to any student who passed by. They also tried to engage students in theological discussion about abortion. Again, I am not trying to circumvent their right to express their beliefs, I just feel that this place and time are not appropriate.

The Enbridge Northern Gateway pipeline would guzzle along half a million barrels of oil each day, tearing up the land, disrupting the community and wrecking local wildlife even if they didn't mess up again.

Back in December, the PA Supreme Court ruled that local municipalities do reserve the right to decide whether they will allow shale drilling in their communities. This big victory affirmed that the Pennsylvania constitution protects the authority of local communities to regulate or block the drilling companies looking to frack in their backyards. But last month, Rep. Seth Grove introduced a bill that would overturn that court ruling. In his own words, HB 2115 “will preempt all local ordinances.” We can’t let this happen. Local communities should have the power to make decisions about their own citizens lives; decisions that will affect public health, the environment and the economy.

In order for me to run my business, please sign the petition.

As a parent I value this space because it offers my children the much needed breath of fresh air and natural exposure within the city we are bound. Fairview Park, as it exits now, invites the visitor to reflect upon the Native Americans who lived there for thousands of years, as is reflected in various sites nationally recognized as archaeologically significant. Frankly speaking there is NO place that offers the oppurtunities that exist in Fairview Park.

Illinois faces enough fiscal challenges without profitable companies abusing the tax code to the tune of $108 million. Montana and Oregon have already passed laws to recoup money stashed in offshore tax havens like the Cayman Islands. If we enacted the same policy here in Illinois, it would generate $108 million per year. That money could hire 3,000 new teachers or simply reduce the pressure to raise taxes. Illinois legislators need to hear that you support closing this offshore tax haven loophole.

Exxon has stated that it will not change its policies on climate change, despite the need to get away from fossil fuels. The Koch Brothers likewise are climate change deniers. I have grandkids. I would like to leave a better future for them.

Today, children in Tuskegee, Al do not have many extracurricular activities in the city of Tuskegee. If we are blessed enough to have a Boys and Girls Club, this could give children something positive to be apart of. Also, it could possibly reduce the crime in the city, motivate kids to focus on their education, and help kids someday become excellent adults.

While Secretary Chuck Hagel insists that he is doing military members and there families a favor by keeping commissaries open; by cutting the tax payer subsidy from $1.4 billion to 4 million you are taking the 30% savings down to nearly nothing. Being a US Marine wife with 4 young children, living in Southern California, I know first hand how helpful the commissary savings is. Everything is being taken from us, and it is time to take a stand. Is this really what our Service Members and there families mean to the government for the continuous sacrifices they make? It is saddening that a California State prisoner gets more than a US marine and his family.

We’re launching a campaign to show grocery chains, like Mariano’s, that their customers want GMO labeling, and persuade them to follow the lead of other grocery stores like Whole Foods. We have a right to know what’s in the food we buy, so we can make healthy, responsible, and informed choices about what we’re eating. Sign this petition to Roundy’s CEO Bob Mariano and ask him as a customer to label GMOs in store-brand products.