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These Are the Illinois DMV's Most Ridiculous Rejected Custom Plates

Here in America we're spoiled for choice when it comes to license plates. Unlike most places in the world, we can order fully custom plates that say whatever they'd like, so long as they're confined to a certain character count. But most state DMVs also have rules against plates deemed…

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"Illinois Revokes 'October 7' License Plates"

So reports The National News Desk: Illinois Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias revoked five "October 7" license plates from state… The post "Illinois Revokes 'October 7' License Plates" appeared first on Reason.com.

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Illinois’ license plate ‘Naughty List’ highlights 2023’s most obscene, rejected requests

The “Naughty List” included plate requests for EATBUTT, WOOPASS, POOPSY and IOWASUX.

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To fight so-called book bans, some states are threatening to withhold funding

Illinois made a splashy announcement with their new law intended to protect libraries from book challenges by withholding funding. Other states are closely watching to see if they will follow along.

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New state ID program for Cook County Jail detainees aims to ‘help people reintegrate’

A pilot program announced by Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart and Illinois Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias is thought to be the first in the nation offered to inmates at the county jail level.

Chicago Sun-Times

Car insurers are way off-base in charging 70-year-old drivers more just because of their age

Why do automobile insurance companies in Illinois get away with charging someone 70 more than a person 60 regardless of driving record and claims history?

Chicago Sun-Times

Illinois kickstarts funding to state prison libraries with $420K in grants

Each of the state’s 28 prisons will receive $15,000 for books, magazines and other supplies, the first time they’ve received public funding of any kind in six years.

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Senior citizens are the safest drivers on Illinois roads

The secretary of state is trying to permanently raise driver testing requirement from 75 years old to 79.

Chicago Sun-Times

Giannoulias wants permanent jump in driving test age from 75 to 79

The change would keep in place a temporary state policy that went into effect during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Chicago Sun-Times

Local librarians say unfounded bomb threats represent deeper political, cultural divide

As state leaders fight to protect access to books, Chicago-area libraries keep getting threats.

Chicago Sun-Times

Republican senator reads explicit passages from LGBT+ memoirs in misleading stunt at book ban hearing

Neither of the books are shelved in library children’s sections in John Kennedy’s state

The Independent UK

Giannoulias, Durbin push back against book bans at Capitol Hill hearing as GOP senators urge parents to ‘speak up’

The heated Senate Judiciary Committee hearing, chaired by Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., with testimony from Illinois Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias, put on display the national clash over library book bans.

Chicago Sun-Times

Libraries in Chicago, suburbs receive bomb threats

Libraries in Chicago, Aurora, Addison and Evanston are targeted by threats. The incidents were investigated and deemed unfounded. No one was hurt.

Chicago Sun-Times

‘Authoritarian regimes ban books’: Democrats raise alarm at Senate hearing

Spotlight on partisan split of issue as Republicans push for works to be taken out of schools and libraries

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Giannoulias to testify at Durbin’s Senate hearing on growing number of book bans

Illinois Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias, who drafted the state’s first-in-the-nation ban against book bans, will testify at a Capitol Hill hearing Tuesday on book bans.

Chicago Sun-Times

Shorter lines, wait times expected at DMVs across Illinois

Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias’ office launches Skip-the-Line, a program that aims to improve customer service and cut wait times at the busiest driver’s license facilities.

Chicago Sun-Times

$2 million in grants heading to Chicago literacy centers

More than 400,000 Illinois residents — about 3% of the population — have less than a ninth-grade education, and about 900,000 adults older than 25 don’t have a high school diploma, according to state figures.

Chicago Sun-Times

Gov. Pritzker blasts Republicans as Democrats rally at Illinois State Fair

The state’s top Democrats gathered in Springfield for Governor’s Day — ripping Illinois Republicans for their support of former President Donald Trump.

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Leo Louchios, an adviser to Jesse White and Alexi Giannoulias and Greektown staple, dies at 66

Mr. Louchios was a behind-the-scenes giant in the Greek community and a staple in city, county and state politics for more than two decades.

Chicago Sun-Times

Illinois drivers will need appointments for license services at 44 high-traffic locations

Facilities will operate Monday through Friday across Illinois; 16 locations to have Saturday hours.

Chicago Sun-Times

Barack Obama, in TikTok starring Kankakee Public Library staffers, launches drive against book bans

Book bans are brewing as an issue that could energize voters — on the left and right — from local contests for library and school boards to the White House — heading into the 2024 election cycle.

Chicago Sun-Times

Use license plate readers to track criminals, not invade privacy

An Illinois bill protects women traveling here for an abortion from having license plate reader data used against them by other states. Stronger rules are needed to protect the privacy of other individuals, too.

The Independent UK

'First of its kind' Illinois law will penalize libraries that ban books

A new law signed in Illinois on Monday will require the state's libraries to uphold a pledge not to ban material because of partisan disapproval, starting on Jan. 1, 2024

Chicago Sun-Times

Ban the ban, not the book? Giannoulias caps return with string of legislative wins, including anti-censorship law

Illinois Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias told the Sun-Times he was “blown away” after reading about book bans across the country. “To me, this is a slippery slope, and it goes against what education is about,” he said.

The Guardian - US

Illinois set to become first state to end book bans

Governor JB Pritzker expected to sign bill that would block state funding for public libraries and schools that ban books

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