Equal Rights Amendment

With hours left in office, former president Joe Biden declared the Equal Rights Amendment to be "the law of the land." Longtime ERA advocates like Bloomington's Sally Bulkley Pancrazio say the last-day attempt feels like a "slap in the face" after decades of activism.

Attorneys for the state of Illinois joined their colleagues in Nevada and Virginia Wednesday in asking a federal appellate court to declare that the Equal Rights Amendment has been legally ratified as the 28th amendment to the U.S. Constitution.

U.S. Rep. Rodney Davis did not stray far from his fellow Republicans during the leadup to impeachment. But he crossed party lines for several recent votes…

Three women in Illinois government studying sexual harassment and gender equity say a solution would be to elect women to half of all political offices in…

Two McLean County women who helped lead the successful push for ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment in Illinois say their fight isn’t over yet.The…

The House voted Wednesday to make Illinois the 37th state to ratify the 1972 federal Equal Rights Amendment.The vote was 72-45 in favor. State Rep. Dan…

An Illinois House committee has set up a historic floor vote on the Equal Rights Amendment.But the Democrat sponsoring the measure said Wednesday he…

Illinois has taken a step toward becoming the 37th state to ratify the 1972 federal Equal Rights Amendment.The Senate voted 43-12 Wednesday on a…

Here are the top stories we covered this week (Oct. 23-27, 2017) on WGLT and WGLT.org.Charlie Harris' LegacyHarris was the former Illinois State…

The revival of a decades dormant campaign to pass the Equal Rights Amendment is drawing an opposition campaign from what some call a hate group.The…