Macon Reporter

Turner leads bill to adjust guidelines for substitute teachers, address teacher shortages

By Emily Bevard | Mar 1, 2022

Illinois legislators are attempting to lessen the burden of schools, as a slew of teaching positions remain unfilled across the state.

Scherer pushes bill to reduce age for kids allowed to be left home alone from 14 to 12

By Emily Bevard | Feb 25, 2022

Rep. Sue Scherer lauds the progress of House Bill 4305, which seeks to lower the minimum age at which a child would be permitted to stay home alone without neglect charges being filed from the age of 14 to 12.

'We need to do more': Davis' Opioid Prescription Act to curb 'prescription shopping' passes in House

By Emily Bevard | Dec 21, 2021

The Opioid Prescription Act, proposed by U.S. Rep. Rodney Davis (R-IL) and aiming to curb the sale of illegally obtained opioids and reduce the amount of prescription shopping, passed in the House last week on a vote of 410-15.