It has come to my attention that many child protection agencies across the country are making major decisions about families and have only a four year degree which does not have to be in social work, psychology or child development or be state certified. Many supervisors and even directors of these said agencies are not state certified and can hold degrees in other unrelated disciplines and yet can make life or death decisions about our nation's abused children and their families. Lawmakers should ensure that state agencies employ and ensure their personnel who work with such sensitive issues are qualified by more than attending a four year program in some subject to take children from their parents or provide intervention.

Watch any documentaries on fracking and you will see how scary it is...again, big corporations caring about profit, not people's lives.

Ban Fracking In Illinois

My tax return was affected by the mistake a tax company made with the form 8863. I filed my return January 28, 2013. It is now May 2 and I still have not received it. There should be no furlough until all the affected tax returns are filed.

Fracking poisons underground reservoirs and has been linked to an increase in the number of earthquakes. Fracking companies don't have to report what kinds of chemicals they use, so there is no oversight to determine how they affect the environment. Fracking also harms farmers, who have reported skin rashes on livestock that have drunk from wells near fracking operations.

Remove Marijuana as a Criminal offense. Marijuana falls under a "Inherently Dangerous Felony" which allows the law to "opt" to charge other people with someone else's crime. My Son was charged with "Felony Murder" even though he was shot and didn't shoot anyone and has not ever been convicted of a felony. So since they cant catch the MURDERER my Son is faced with loosing his life at the age of 22.

Fracking in any part of Illinois is a bad move at the expense of our safety,health and environment. A ban is needed to save our state.

I'm concerned that this country is headed for a really big disaster because Wall Street has NOT changed its ways

Laura's Law provides court-ordered intensive treatment in the community for individuals with mental illness providing consistent supervision for those whose treatment is not provided by other community services. It is modeled after Kendra's Law in New York state and is preventative.

We should stop the rush to fracking and focus on education. Our children's education should be our top priority and schools should not be closing more resources should be made available and it should be mandatory for parents to make sure their children are behaving in school

Stopping irreversible harm to our water sources

I've seen the flames from water faucets.