Springfield | Gov. JB Pritzker and the Democrat majority leading the Illinois General Assembly have on their legislative agenda moral issues that evangelicals and conservative voters will likely want to watch. According to Concerned Christian Ministries, 1,000 bills have been proposed to date, among them bills expanding health care, mental health instruction, and teaching of […]
Pritzker expands abortion coverage
Updated 2/6/19 Springfield | Surrounded by state officials and Planned Parenthood representatives, Governor J.B. Pritzker signed an executive order Jan. 22 to enforce a law directing state employee health insurance plans to include abortion services. Pritzker’s order directs the Department of Central Management Services to review all state employee health insurance plans for any barriers […]
Trending: New justices differ on key issues
Editor’s note: Each year, the Illinois Baptist team explores the trends that shaped 2018, and forecasts their effect on the coming year. In a year that saw a vicious, partisan fight over a U.S. Supreme Court nominee with a pro-life record, many were surprised by that new justice’s decision in a life-related case. The Court […]
Trending: Is Pence courting evangelicals?
Editor’s note: Each year, the Illinois Baptist team explores the trends that shaped 2018, and forecasts their effect on the coming year. With the first Trump term at its midpoint, several questions face evangelicals: How do they view the president now, in light of increasing scrutiny over his ethical and legal behaviors and the pending […]
Teams wrap up work in states hit by hurricanes
Just before tornados swept across central Illinois, Disaster Relief volunteers from the state completed a long season of hurricane relief in Florida and North Carolina. Illinois Baptist Disaster Relief (IBDR) volunteers put thousands of miles on the road traveling south and east in the wake of Hurricanes Florence and Michael. “Illinois saw key partnerships develop […]
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