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| 1 | SENATE RESOLUTION | ||||||
| 2 | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate wish to | ||||||
| 3 | congratulate Tony J. Yuscius on the occasion of his retirement | ||||||
| 4 | on March 31, 2025; and | ||||||
| 5 | WHEREAS, Tony Yuscius was employed by the Illinois | ||||||
| 6 | Information Service from 1976 to 1990, where as a teenager, he | ||||||
| 7 | was trained in the use of a brand-new tool in the field of | ||||||
| 8 | television broadcasting and a new sight in the Senate and | ||||||
| 9 | House Chambers, a 40-pound mini-camera that cost $200,000; as | ||||||
| 10 | a high school student, he found himself working alongside | ||||||
| 11 | veteran television legends, including Mike Flannery at CBS 2, | ||||||
| 12 | Dick Kay at NBC 5, and Hugh Hill at ABC 7; and | ||||||
| 13 | WHEREAS, In the early days of TV, cameras were allowed | ||||||
| 14 | into several highly publicized criminal trials, and the | ||||||
| 15 | problems from those trials led to an effective ban on | ||||||
| 16 | courtroom photography for decades; in 1981, the Illinois | ||||||
| 17 | Supreme Court in Chandler v. Florida opened the door for state | ||||||
| 18 | courts to allow live television cameras, and Tony Yuscius was | ||||||
| 19 | part of this important transition in media in Illinois; and | ||||||
| 20 | WHEREAS, Tony Yuscius founded Advanced Digital Media, Inc. | ||||||
| 21 | in June 2008, a full-service television production company | ||||||
| 22 | that received many industry awards, including over 10 Telly | ||||||
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| 1 | and Axiem Awards; and | ||||||
| 2 | WHEREAS, Tony Yuscius founded and created the service | ||||||
| 3 | known as BlueRoomStream in 2012, which is commonly considered | ||||||
| 4 | the C-Span of Illinois by many; through his service, every | ||||||
| 5 | television station in the State of Illinois receives live, | ||||||
| 6 | gavel-to-gavel coverage from both chambers as well as | ||||||
| 7 | committee meetings and press conferences; and | ||||||
| 8 | WHEREAS, Tony Yuscius, as the Covid-19 pandemic was | ||||||
| 9 | announced in 2020, allowed BlueRoomStream to offer live, | ||||||
| 10 | unedited coverage, at no cost, of every daily press conference | ||||||
| 11 | held by Governor JB Pritzker to all citizens of Illinois | ||||||
| 12 | sheltering in place at home; and | ||||||
| 13 | WHEREAS, Tony and Lisa E. Yuscius sold Advanced Digital in | ||||||
| 14 | August 2023, which will continue the established tradition of | ||||||
| 15 | excellence in news coverage and distribution; and | ||||||
| 16 | WHEREAS, Tony Yuscius is an active member of the Society | ||||||
| 17 | of Motion Picture and Television Engineers, having been | ||||||
| 18 | inducted into its prestigious ranks in 1991; therefore, be it | ||||||
| 19 | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED FOURTH GENERAL | ||||||
| 20 | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we congratulate Tony | ||||||
| 21 | J. Yuscius on his retirement, and we thank him for his service | ||||||
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| 1 | to the General Assembly and the State of Illinois; and be it | ||||||
| 2 | further | ||||||
| 3 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
| 4 | presented to Tony Yuscius as an expression of our esteem and | ||||||
| 5 | respect. | ||||||