Jones Meets with Students Visiting for Tech Day at the Capitol

Recently, State Senator Emil Jones III (D-Chicago) met with a group of students from Ryder Elementary Math and Science School. The group came to display projects they completed during the current school year and advocate to legislators about the importance of funding for charter schools.

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Jones Keeps Fighting to Prevent Another Tragedy Like Burr Oak

Springfield, IL- Today, Senator Emil Jones III (D-Chicago) passed legislation to strengthen oversight provisions put in place by the Cemetery Oversight Act (COA) signed into law in 2009.

Senate Bill 1853 provides law enforcement officials with a procedure for dealing with situations like the one that occurred at Burr Oak Cemetery in 2009, when at least 300 bodies were illegally dug up and discarded in a pile so that their gravesites could be resold. Thousands of other bodies buried at the cemetery, including infants, have not been accounted for by their survivors.

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Jones Supports Educational Alternatives

SPRINGFIELD, IL –Last week, State Senator Emil Jones met with a group of teachers from Chicago International Charter Schools (CICS) to learn about the benefits charter schools provide for students.

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Jones Meets with Librarians from District

Chicago, IL – State Senator Emil Jones III (D – Chicago) recently met with a group of librarians at the Blue Island Library. Senator Jones met with the group to discuss the State’s economy and funding for libraries. Several bills that are going through the Senate were brought to the forefront of the discussion.

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