State Sen. Kimberly Lightford (D-4^th District) voted along with the majority (32-23) to pass the Pretrial Fairness Act (HB3653) at 4:49 a.m. on Jan. 13. HB3653 was introduced by the Legislative Black Caucus of which Rep. Emanuel "Chris" Welch (D-7^th District), now the House Speaker, is a member. The bill was passed on to the Assembly which approved the 764-page piece of legislation later in the morning.

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Dorothy Gillian presided over her last Forest Park Chamber of Commerce board meeting as the organization's president on Dec. 9. Looking back at 2020, she used the word "crazy" to describe how the pandemic affected both local businesses and how the Chamber supports them.