State Rep. Stephanie Kifowit said she "intends to apologize" for her "poor choice of words" after drawing criticism from fellow legislators for comments she directed at a lawmaker on the State House floor Tuesday regarding the deadly Legionnaires outbreak at the Illinois Veterans Home in Quincy. Lawmakers were debating a measure that would increase the cap for funds the state would pay in civil lawsuits from $100,000 to $2 million, designed to help those affected by the Legionnaires disease outbreak at the veterans home in 2015, which has so far killed 13 people. The House ultimately voted 71-36 to override...
