A statue of Nathan Bedford Forrest is prominently situated in the Tennessee state capital right outside the General Assembly. The statue needs to be removed because: 1. Nathan Bedford Forrest was a successful businessman selling people from Africa who were smuggled and enslaved; 2. Forrest was a traitor to the United States during the Civil War; 3. He was the commander of rebel forces who massacred United State troops at a place called Fort Pillow on April 12, 1864, the majority of which were African American; and 4. Forrest was the first leader of the KKK. Anyone of those above reasons should eliminate him from the capital, but all four are too much to bear. His statue has got to go.

Ingredients like Acrylamides, BPA, casein, food coloring, etc. need to be prevented from being in our nail polish, shampoo, and food. Americans are being exposed to chemicals known to cause cancer on an everyday basis.

The Air Force says F-35 basing will harm children and elderly in thousands of families and will pose high crash danger. The livability of thousands of affordable homes is at risk. The Air Force says any number of alternatives is available for Burlington. Low-noise-level equipment with a proven high safety record will be very good for Burlington and for surrounding cities and towns. The resolution respects the will of the voters. I urge you to join the council in respecting the will of the voters.

Because I'm passionate about Coach Doria's passion.

Last week, the Trump Administration announced that it was ending a policy that generally releases pregnant women from immigration detention centers. Under President Obama, immigrant mothers-to-be were typically released except in rare circumstances. ICE’s new policy means that more pregnant women will be detained, and is part of an agenda to detain more immigrants than ever before. The policy change is especially concerning because ICE has a record of not always properly giving immigrants proper access to health care. Many immigrant would-be mothers have lost pregnancies while in detention centers. ICE still hasn’t said what it plans to do with nursing mothers. Immigrant women need to be treated with dignity and given a chance to access proper prenatal care. ICE needs to reverse its new policy and release pregnant women from immigration detention! Please tell ICE Director Homan to stop taking risks with the lives of immigrant women and their children.

The purpose of this petition is to expand the rainwater harvesting law for the purpose of reducing water use at schools and small businesses, thus reducing stormwater and weather runoff at schools and businesses, reducing school site water pollution, and establishing the basis for education in water conservation for our young people.

The real owner, who spent $100k on Com2us game. They invited him to the stream and somehow leaked his account ID on stream. Their security sucks and his account got hacked a week later. They refused to give it back. If someone who spent $100k got treated like that, I am afraid for my account and many others. More detail on https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ei5wwsC5VQ&t=94s

In September 2017, the federal government notified election officials in 21 states that hackers targeted their systems before 2016 presidential election. (Geoff Mulvihill and Jake Pearson, Associated Press, September 22, 2017). Illinois was one of the 21 states. Illinois cannot afford computerized election theft in 2018. To safeguard the integrity of the 2018 General Election, the Illinois Ballot Integrity Project is working to secure the passage of the Illinois Election Integrity Act (HB 4326 (formally HB 712)/SB 834) in time for the November 6, 2018, General Election. HB 4326/SB 834 provides a single solution to a complex election integrity problem by introducing critically needed external, independent review throughout the entire election system. The Illinois Election Integrity Act will require three mandatory election system audits throughout the State, which will assure the accuracy and integrity of Illinois Elections. The three mandatory election system audits are: 1. Election Day Audit: it is an audit consisting of a count of a random sample of 10% of the paper ballots cast in each precinct, to be conducted in the polling place, immediately upon close of the polls. 2. Parallel Central Tabulation Audit: it is an audit of all votes cast as recorded on precinct poll tapes, by independent public accountants, within 48 hours of the close of the polls. 3. Pre-Election Operational Audit: it is an audit of election systems, identifies and reports election system security weaknesses, the steps necessary to remediate security weaknesses discovered. These three audits will provide extremely high assurance that votes and ballots are being accurately recorded, accurately tabulated and accurately reported. HB 4326 was submitted by State Representative Linda Chapa-LaVia (IL 83rd District) SB 834 was submitted by State Senator Christina Castro (IL 22nd District).

Dance is an expressive art form that allows individuals to express themselves, heal themselves and reflect on society. As a dance major at Springfield College, I am going to fight the threat to cut the dance program and in doing so I hope to save something that has literally saved my life.

I hope that one day, marijuana will be everywhere and help all needs for medical and recreation.

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Many people around the world are at a loss because they are unable to eat many, many candy bars because of their nut allergy. We believe that these people should not be forced into eating only certain types of candy, and every candy with nuts should have a nut-free alternative.