I urge you to vote NO on HR 5 and to oppose any extension of the temporary provision allowing teachers-in-training to work in high-need schools, because it waters down the entry standards for new teachers.

Ask county and city officals to require retail establishments to add 5 cents onto customers' bills for each plastic shopping bag that is used. The purpose is to encourage customers to use reusable shopping bags.

In Illinois, the minimum yellow-light time will be 3 seconds at intersections where traffic is moving at 25 miles per hour, and the time will increase by a half-second for every 5 mph increase in traffic speed.

Allow salons to open with one client per stylist at a time with no more than 5 people total. Stylists can wear gloves and masks and use all other required hygiene and sanitation practices.

Allow salons to open with one client per stylist at a time with no more than 5 people total. Stylists can wear gloves and masks and use all other required hygiene and sanitation practices.

Stop the $5 Pace Paratransit Fare in IL and horrible service to seniors and other riders who are disabled and stranded for hours or taken out of the way in opposite directions from destination. Return Paratransit to the CTA!

Please oppose the cut to Social Security. Taking from our senior citizens is the worst option! They built this country on their shoulders, and their checks cannot go any further! With more cuts, they will be homeless too!

We, the people, having been fed erroneous misinformation about Friedman economics and the value of unregulated markets, demand that the Republican House of Representatives actively find a pragmatic middle ground to address inequality in our tax code, and to work with President Obama and the Democratic Senate to raise taxes on the wealthy and on corporations; close tax loopholes and unjustified exemptions, and empower the US Treasury and IRS to work towards a most just society, with benefit to ALL CITIZENS. Join in this concerted effort and begin to stand for the Common Good, a middle-ground that moves us forward, or face concerted re-election and/or recall efforts in 2014.

Delegate Bob Bell tabled (killed) a bill that passed the Senate 29 to 6. The bill would "prohibit any person who is convicted of stalking, sexual battery, or assault and battery of a family member involving the use of force from possessing, transporting, or carrying a firearm or any other weapon for a period of 5 years following his conviction. CONVICTION! Come on folks.

States requiring voters to show photo I.D.s should be made to provide easy access by means of mobile units in areas voters can access easily at churches and or supermarkets.