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SPRINGFIELD – With legislation to ensure women’s right to make their own reproductive decisions in Illinois now on Gov. Bruce Rauner’s desk, State Senator Laura Murphy (D-Des Plaines) issued the following statement:
“I hope that the governor will do the right thing and sign House Bill 40. This legislation ensures that women can make decisions about their health care regardless of their income, employer or if Roe v. Wade is overturned. Gov. Rauner’s signature would send a strong message to women in Illinois that reproductive decisions will remain in their hands.”
State Senator Laura Murphy co-sponsored House Bill 40, which removes Illinois’ “trigger” law that would make abortion illegal in the state if Roe v. Wade is overturned. The legislation was sent to the governor’s desk Monday.
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Murphy will seek to override Rauner’s veto of Senate Bill 321
State Senator Laura Murphy (D-Des Plaines) plans to file paperwork to override the governor’s veto of Senate Bill 321, which would require the auditor general to audit the Medicaid managed care program that is run through the Department of Healthcare and Family Services.
“I am very disappointed that Gov. Rauner put a multibillion dollar industry before the needs of taxpayers and Medicaid recipients,” Murphy said. “This legislation would ensure that Medicaid managed care organizations meet its contractual requirements, provide the best service possible to recipients, and that our tax dollars are being wisely spent.”
Performance audits can only be conducted at the request of the General Assembly or the Audit Commission and generally take one year to complete. The auditor general completes financial audits yearly and compliance audits every two years for most agencies.
“The governor’s veto is evidence that he is protecting this multibillion dollar industry,” Murphy said. “It raises the question – what is he hiding?”
Senate Bill 321 passed both chambers unanimously.
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This week State Senator Laura Murphy (D-Des Plaines) met with local music therapists and advocates Nancy Swanson and Victoria Storm to celebrate music therapy week in Illinois. Music therapy is the clinical use of music interventions to achieve specified goals within a therapeutic relationship. It is used to help patients with emotional, physical, social and cognitive needs. Music therapy can help patients who may struggle to express themselves communicate. Music therapy is a growing field of treatment within the United States.
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The Fly Quiet Runway Rotation Test program was created by the Chicago Department of Aviation to determine whether alternating flight patterns across different runways at night would better disperse noise and reduce noise levels experienced by residents impacted by O’Hare Airport.
The O’Hare Fly Quiet Runway Rotation Test #3 began the evening of July 23, 2017 and continues for 12 weeks, through the Week of Oct. 8. Each new week will begin on Sunday evening at 10 p.m. or after, when demand allows for one arrival and one departure runway.
The purpose of conducting a third test is to test in real time a runway rotation without the use of diagonal runway 15/33, which is slated to be decommissioned in the spring of 2018.
More information about the Fly Quiet program is available here.
You can find a complete 12-week flight schedule for test 3 here.
I strongly encourage residents to fill out the five-minute survey online to provide feedback. This must be done by no later than Oct. 14. All questions must be answered in order to complete the survey. Here is the survey link.
Your opinions are important. If you would like further details on O'Hare flight patterns or specifics on the runway rotation test, kindly contact Jeanette Camacho, Executive Director of the O'Hare Noise Compatibility Commission (ONCC) at 773-686-3198.
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