{"id":2263248,"date":"2024-06-09T10:49:02","date_gmt":"2024-06-09T14:49:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pretrial-service-expansion-awaits-pritzkers-signature\/"},"modified":"2024-06-09T10:50:37","modified_gmt":"2024-06-09T14:50:37","slug":"pretrial-service-expansion-awaits-pritzkers-signature","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pretrial-service-expansion-awaits-pritzkers-signature\/","title":{"rendered":"Expansion of pretrial services pending Pritzker&#8217;s signature"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">14<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fpretrial-service-expansion-awaits-pritzkers-signature%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2263248&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Ois is \u2064investing \u200dan additional $40 million in \u2064state \u2062parks and \u2062recreation areas.<\/p>\n<p>    The Illinois Department of Natural\u200b Resources announced the investment on Wednesday, saying it will go \u2063toward renovating facilities and infrastructure, \u2064and investing in new recreational facilities.<\/p>\n<p>The additional funds come from a state program\u2064 that relies on revenue from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrat-who-favors-raising-taxes-fails-to-pay-his-own-taxes\/\" title=\"Democrat Who Favors Raising Taxes Fails to Pay His Own Taxes\">real estate taxes<\/a> and fees for\u2064 hunting and fishing licenses. It will be used to improve facilities \u2063like \u2063picnic areas, campgrounds, \u2062and hiking trails, as well as to purchase new land for conservation efforts.<\/p>\n<p>Illinois is dedicating an extra $40 million to\u2063 improve and maintain state parks and recreational areas. This money will be used for various purposes, such as upgrading facilities and infrastructure, investing in new recreational facilities, and\u2064 acquiring new land for conservation efforts. The funds come from a\u200b program that \u2064uses revenue from real estate taxes and fees for hunting and fishing licenses. This investment shows the state&#8217;s commitment to preserving\u200c and improving \u2062its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-house-releases-list-of-president-trumps-accomplishments-and-it-is-historic\/\" title=\"White House Releases List of President Trump\u2019s Accomplishments \u2013  And It Is Historic!\">natural resources<\/a> for the enjoyment of residents and visitors alike.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_79\">\n<p>(The Center Square) \u2013 The state of Illinois may be getting into <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/federal-agency-making-lists-on-personal-religious-information-of-vaccine-objecting-employees\/\" title=\"Federal Agency Making Lists On \u2018Personal Religious Information\u2019 Of Vaccine-Objecting Employees\">pretrial services<\/a> as a result of changes prompted by the Safety, Accountability, Fairness, Equity-Today Act.<\/p>\n<p>House Bill 4621 was sent to the governor\u2019s desk for signature and would create the Office of Statewide Pretrial Services, allowing it to provide pretrial services to circuit courts and counties that don\u2019t currently have pretrial services agencies. There has been an explosion of pretrial hearings since cash bail was eliminated with the Pretrial Fairness Act, a component of the SAFE-T Act.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe must ensure that every individual, regardless of background or circumstance, is afforded the same rights and opportunities during the pretrial phase,\u201d said state Sen. Elgie Sims, D-Chicago.<\/p>\n<p>State Rep. Justin Slaughter, D-Chicago, said the bill is in response to the Illinois Pretrial Services Act.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhich became effective July 1, 1987, and requires every circuit to have a pretrial services agency,\u201d said Slaughter.<\/p>\n<p>Slaughter acknowledged during debate of the bill that the issue of pretrial services has come into more focus with increased numbers of people being released through the Pretrial Fairness Act approved in 2021 as part of the SAFE-T Act. Cash bail didn\u2019t end statewide until court cases were settled by the Illinois Supreme Court in 2023.<\/p>\n<p>State Rep. Patrick Windhorst, R-Metropolis, said the system has worked fine at the local level.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSome of the problems I have with the bill are philosophical,\u201d said Windhorst. \u201cI think these offices are better handled either in the counties or at the circuit level.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The measure would provide pretrial services at no additional cost to the counties, but state taxpayers would see an increase cost of $2.7 million initially.<\/p>\n<p>The measure awaits the governor\u2019s signature.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Illinois is poised to establish the Office of Statewide Pretrial Services following the Safety, Accountability, Fairness, Equity-Today Act. House Bill 4621, which would create this office, has been sent to the governor for approval. This initiative will enable the provision of pretrial services across various circuits<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2263249,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/AP23291684603724-1024x683.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2263248","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/AP23291684603724-1024x683.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2263248","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2263248"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2263248\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2263249"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2263248"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2263248"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2263248"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}