Illinois governor signs bill making official titles more gender inclusive
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Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker on Thursday signed a bill to change “alderman,” a word for elected district officials in the state, to “alderperson.”
Provisions mentioned toward the end of the bill, however, include the change from "alderman" to "alderperson" and "congressman" to "congressperson." "We see a lot of ‘hes’ and ‘hims’" in state statute, said Democratic state Rep. Maurice West, who co-sponsored the bill with Democratic state Rep. Kelly Cassidy, said early this month, according to WTTW, a Chicago-based PBS affiliate.More Related News