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  • Illinois to provide state ID to newly-released Cook County Jail inmates: The card, already provided to newly-released state prisoners, is being tried at the county level for the first time and is considered pivotal in helping former detainees in re-entry find jobs, take out rental leases, access basic services, and more. (Capitol News Illinois)
  • Taking a look back at 2023’s anti-LGBTQ+ laws: Nationwide, state legislatures proposed 500 anti-LGBTQ+ bills  in 2023. Altogether, 15 percent of them (75 laws total) became law. (NBC News).
  • Iowa poll shows extremist Trump rhetoric increases support: Iowa Republican caucus-goers are responding favorably to former President Donald Trump’s recent extremist rhetoric promising to use “sweeping raids, giant camps and mass deportations” to change the country’s immigration policy, reports USA Today.